Subject: Re: Avoiding militia-birder encounters
Date: Apr 29 08:18:21 1995
From: Peter Rauch - peterr at violet.berkeley.edu


I wonder what the potential for lead contamination and leaching into streams
and lakes is from these kinds of activities. I know that shotgun shot has
been a focus of attention, study, and (some?) regulation in this regard,
but what about other type of shot? Is this amount of lead just background
noise, or is it potentially seriously cumulative and dangerous? The
occasional bullet in the woods shot during a hunt is one thing perhaps,
but concentrated, intense target shooting could produce a substantial
pile of lead, and depending on where the shot landed, ....
Peter

>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 23:08:56 -0400 (EDT)
>From: STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com

>Tweeters, The Umptanum Creek area in the Yakima Cyn is now full of weekend
>target practise folks ...

>shooting clay pigeons...