Kayaking For The Birds

Why we do this
Why remove fishing line from the shores of our lakes, bays, rivers, and streams?

Feeling Good
How it makes you feel to spend your time kayaking for the safety of birds and other wildlife?

About Us, Rules, etc.
About Us, Rules, etc.

General, Off-topic, Sunsets, etc.
If it doesn't fit anywhere else, please put it here.

Info about wildlife entanglements and other programs
Links to articles about wildlife entanglement in fishing line and other objects. And links to complementary programs to ours. Post your links here.

Tools and Equipment
Questions and Answers about the various tools and equipment used to remove fishing line and litter. This might sound like an odd subject, but every skill is accompanied by its tools and ours is no exception.

Kayaks, Canoes, etc.
We use kayaks, canoes, and other small boats in our work. We work very close to nature - hands on all the time - and these small boats get us where we need to be. Without them we would just be "For The Birds".

Transport
How do you get your boat to and from the water? Carriers, racks, trailers, vehicles, etc.

Fishing Line Retrieval
Advice how to find fishing line and techniques for its retrieval.

Boat Handling
Tips on maneuvering and preventing damage to your kayak. We spend a lot of time near shore and offshore rocks or vegetation. Retrieving fishing line and litter sometimes requires very precise handling or maneuvering through dense vegetation - much more so that most flat-water kayaking.

Checklists
Where we build checklists to email out to new volunteers, or bowriders on their first time out. Others may propose and/or begin checklists here, too.