{"id":104123,"date":"2017-08-14T19:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/discarded-fishing-line-kills-osprey-in-northwest-colorado\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:21:52","slug":"discarded-fishing-line-kills-osprey-in-northwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/discarded-fishing-line-kills-osprey-in-northwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Discarded fishing line kills osprey in northwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=cca56fb4-7455-44d9-acb9-7eb728dccce8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=cca56fb4-7455-44d9-acb9-7eb728dccce8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=cca56fb4-7455-44d9-acb9-7eb728dccce8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=cca56fb4-7455-44d9-acb9-7eb728dccce8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Fishing line and sinkers are shown tangled in the leg of an osprey that was found dead on a creek bank in northwest Colorado.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Fishing line and sinkers are shown tangled in the leg of an osprey that was found dead on a creek bank in northwest Colorado.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Colorado Parks and Wildlife<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When monofilament fishing line is left along a lake or river it can be harmful to wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer Andrea Sponseller reported finding a dead osprey on the banks of Trout Creek in the Routt National Forest in northwest Colorado. The bird had become entangled in fishing line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe line was wrapped around the osprey\u2019s feet and neck,\u201d Sponseller said. \u201cAnglers should never discard fishing line, hooks or bait along a water way. All of these can be harmful to wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CPW said that it receives reports from people who have found birds ensnared by fishing line every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen quite a few birds tangled and killed by fishing line in the last few years. Anglers should just put unneeded line in their pocket or tackle box and then throw it away properly,\u201d Sponseller said.<\/p>\n<p>Some anglers also clean their catch next to the water and then leave the guts on the bank. That can attract bears and other wildlife. Fish should be cleaned well away from a lake or river and the entrails disposed of in a dumpster or garbage can, CPW said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fishing line and sinkers are shown tangled in the leg of an osprey that was found dead on a creek bank in northwest Colorado.Colorado Parks and Wildlife When monofilament fishing line is left along a lake or river it can be harmful to wildlife. In early August, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer Andrea Sponseller reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6313],"tags":[120,21,885,603],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-104123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-2","tag-colorado","tag-cortez","tag-fishing","tag-wildlife"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104123"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=104123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}