The We Are Water MN exhibit is on the road for its 2022 tour. Throughout the year, We Are Water MN will be visiting five different communities in the state of Minnesota: Winona, Lake City, Alexandria, Otter Tail County, and Dakota County.

On this bonus episode, we explore Get the Lead Out, a program featured in the We Are Water MN exhibit. Get The Lead Out is an educational program to protect and restore the population of common loons in Minnesota by reducing their exposure to lead-based fishing tackle.

Get the Lead Out Program Coordinator Steven Yang shares about the impacts of lead on loons and freshwater ecosystems, his personal experiences fishing and switching to lead-free fishing tackle, and how the Get The Lead Out program got to where it is today.

Related Resources:

• Get the Lead Out Webpage: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/living-green/lead-free-fishing-tackle-get-lead-out


• Get the Lead Out Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeadOutMN/


• Get the Lead Out Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadoutmn/


• List of Lead-Free Tackles Manufacturers and Retailers: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/living-green/manufacturers-and-retailers-lead-free-tackle


• MN DNR Common Loon Program: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/minnesota-loon-restoration-project.html


• Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/projects/mlmp_state.html

To learn more about We Are Water MN, visit us at our website. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

We are Water MN is led by the Minnesota Humanities Center in partnership with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; the Minnesota Historical Society; the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources; and University of Minnesota Extension, with support from the Clean Water, Land & Legacy Amendment and the National Endowment for the Humanities.