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The hunting programme was introduced to control the goose population and prevent overuse of the bulrush marsh and fields in the NWA or adjacent fields. In the fall, a controlled greater snow goose hunt is authorised in eight hunting grounds grouped into four zones with a total area of approximately 53 hectares.
The Arctic Goose Joint Venture (AGJV) is a conservation partnership established in 1989 [1] between governments, organizations, and conservation groups to coordinate research and monitoring of Arctic, sub-Arctic and boreal nesting goose populations [2] [3] of North America, specifically the cackling goose, Canada goose, emperor goose, greater white-fronted goose, Ross's goose, and snow goose. [4]
The greater snow goose is distinguished from the nominate form by being slightly larger. It nests farther north and east. The lesser snow goose can be found in two color phases, the normal white-colored animals and a dark gray-colored "blue" phase. The greater snow goose is rarely seen in a blue phase. [12]
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Carlos T. Ortiz was sentenced Friday to a $1,000 fine and three-year hunting ban after organizing and participating in a goose hunt with nine others. 258 protected geese killed. Man behind the ...
The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). [2] The greater white-fronted goose is migratory , breeding in northern Canada , Alaska , Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia. [ 1 ]
Snow geese have been swarming into the 7,500-acre Missouri refuge in recent weeks, photos shared on the refuge’s Facebook show. Snow geese stop at the refuge as they migrate north for spring.
As with the other refuges within the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, the primary management goal of Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge is to provide high quality wintering habitat for geese, especially the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis subsp. occidentalis), so as to ensure healthy, viable goose populations while minimizing goose browse damage to crops on ...