2025-May-13
Can We Learn to Coexist With Cormorants?
A recent Cottage Life Mar/Apr ’25 article, “If cormorants aren’t actually bad for the ecosystem, can we bear to let them exist?“, highlights the complexities of human-wildlife conflict and asks readers to rethink our wildlife acceptance capacity. GBA President, Liz Phillips, was interviewed for the piece and emphasized the “need to learn to live with the natural behavior of wildlife that can survive in our human-dominated environment.”
GBA has advocated for cancelling the cormorant hunt due to concerns about public safety, environmental harm, and lack of scientific justification. The birds are not edible and rotting carcasses threaten bald eagles, other wildlife, and water quality. Cormorants are valuable allies in maintaining the delicate ecological balance on the Bay. GBA will continue to advocate for evidence-based conservation and responsible stewardship for these misunderstood birds.