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Swans may be a common site in Minnesota nowadays, but 50 years ago they were nowhere to be found. That is despite being native to the area. Trumpeter swans are Minnesota's largest bird with a wing span that can stretch as far as 10 feet. "They were fairly widespread when Europeans first moved into the state," said John Moriarty, senior wildlife manager with Three Rivers Park District. But by the late 1800s, the swans were gone, taken out by hunters and agricultural development. "There were no swans in Minnesota for about 60 years," said Moriarty. That's until 1956, when the Three Rivers Park District started shipping swans from a wildlife refuge in Montana to Minnesota. "We raised swans for quite a few years, releasing them into the wild and getting the population started," said Moriarty. By the mid–1980s the swan population reached 100. But it was time to do more and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stepped in. "They brought down eggs down from Alaska so that was where they were bringing down 50 plus eggs a year for about 4 or 5 years," Moriarty said. Since then the swan population has been rapidly expanding. The Minnesota swan population is now somewhere between 12,000 and 16,000. Swans can no longer be hunted so their biggest threat is flying into power lines and eating lead. "Even though we've banned the use of lead for water fowl hunting for the last 20 years, there's still a lot of lead in the wetlands and it doesn't take much to kill a swan," said Moriarty. Luckily, swans are now thriving in Minnesota. "They're a big bird and they're an impressive bird and it's nice we can go out now and see them on a regular basis." Minnesota and Wisconsin have the largest swan populations of the lower 48 states. Wildlife officials say if you see a swan, watch from a distance and don't feed it. Emily Raguse, reporting http://www.ccxmedia.org Learn about our mobile app - http://bit.ly/CH12app http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ Channel 12 is on Comcast cable in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

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