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improved nutritional status led to undesirable consequence of the increased survival and higher repro- growing goose populations. ductive rates for Snow Geese. Environment Canada also states These populations have become so that the decimation of the areas large that they are affecting the occupied by nesting geese result in plant communities at staging areas exposure of mineral substrate and and breeding grounds on which they peat, when during nesting and and other species rely. Grazing and spring staging, a large portion of grubbing by geese not only permatheir diet is composed of the roots nently removes vegetation, but also and rhizomes of sedges and grasses. changes soil salinity, nitrogen They also said that because of the dynamics and moisture levels. damage being done by foraging The result is an alteration or elimi- geese, they have seen a dramatic nation of the plant communities. decline in small mammal abundance Although the Arctic is vast, the around dense nesting colonies and The information at right areas that support migrating and that the areas that are preferred by breeding geese and outlines other companion Ross’susage Geese, previously degraded by preferred of species are limited in extent, and Snow Geese, may slow the recovery Kubota trademarks some areas are likely to become of thoseand areas due to the ongoing inhospitable for decades. of foraging should serve aseffects a guide for and nest building. Turn to Intense, Pg 12 Increasing crop damage is another
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For the first time ever in Alberta, the Snow Goose along with Ross’s Goose are on the list of waterfowl that can be hunted during spring in Alberta. The hunt, according to Environment Canada’s website, goes from March 15 to June 15, 2016. The hunting regulations can be found for Alberta there and in it is stated that the daily limit is 50 and there is no possession limit. According to Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) and Environment Canada since the mid 1970 the goose population has increased massively and due to the influx in numbers are
causing staggering damage to human agriculture and their own habitat, particularly their arctic breeding grounds north of the timberline in Greenland and the northeastern tip of Siberia. While numbers vary depending on the conservation site, the numbers of Snow Geese and Ross’s Geese are in the millions and need to be culled to help reduce the impact the birds have on the land they return to in the spring. Environment Canada says that the increase in Snow Goose populations was primarily human-induced. Changing farming practices supplied a reliable, highly nutritious food source for migrating and wintering geese. Combined with the safety found in refuges, this
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Flock after flock of Snow Geese flew over a field south of Coronation on April 11. The geese are part of the migration which sees millions of waterfowl and other birds returning to the area on their path to spring breeding grounds. First time spring hunting season for white geese ECA Review/B.Causley
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