#Higgins lake swimmers itch 2019 update#

Northern Michigan have stayed away from merganser relocation based on the Our summer research problem was a real eye opener. Long way toward keeping the number of SI cases small. Migratory birds can still perpetuate the problem even if they are only on our lakeįor short periods of time, the absence of Common Merganser broods goes a Level of Swimmers Itch cases that were reported this summer. What we would have considered an impossible scenario has now The really great news is that Higgins Lake once again had no broods to remove The year end report and the summary of the results of a research study that we

#Higgins lake swimmers itch 2019 update#

Hello Higgins Lake Swimmers Itch supporter,Īs we come to the end of the year we want to update everyone on the HLSIOĪctivities of 2021 and what we look ahead to in the future.

We will use the information to continue our data Using the link found here on the website. We would ask that everyone continue to report broods and Swimmer’s Itch cases by We have some thoughts about what we may be able toĭo and we have some research ideas to think about, but the relocation program is on Numbers that we had seen in the past, but yearly migration does allow for new birds toįor now, we will be pursuing whatever paths may be available to us and that we feel may Program has definitely been a factor in keeping mergansers from returning in the Snail infection rate of the SI cycle has been kept to an extremely low percentage. An important result of our relocation program that began in 2015 is that the

But the zero brood scenario was highly unusual and seems unlikely In the past two summers we have not had merganser broods on the lake and relocation Goose round up as we had in past years in late June. So for 2022, Swimmer’s Itch solutions will not be trappingĪnd relocating merganser broods this summer and we will not be conducting our Canada Due to what the DNR describes as a highly pathogenic avian flu that has already affectedīoth wild birds and commercial flocks, relocation of merganser ducks and Canada geese