Decision on reviled sea birds has foes feeling helpless

FOUR BROTHERS ISLANDS, N.Y. (AP) — Biologists worry a decision by a federal judge to block programs that control double-crested cormorants in 24 states could set back their efforts on the birds, blamed for despoiling islands in Lake Champlain where they nest. In other areas of the country, cormorants — sea birds with long necks […]