Light Geese (Snow Geese, Ross's Geese) Informational Meetings - April 2009
The presentations on this page are bonus editions of the Outdoors Online weekly webcast.
Since the mid 1990's state and federal wildlife agencies have been concerned with an alarming increase in the population of light geese whose overabundance has imperiled their fragile spring Arctic breeding grounds.
In April 2009 the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s wildlife division in cooperation with the University of North Dakota sponsored a series of public information meetings featuring Dr. Robert (Rocky) Rockwell, American Museum of Natural History and professor at City College, New York City University. Rockwell, a world-renowned snow goose expert, has studied this highly-adaptable species for more than 40 years and explains the ramifications of overpopulation, control strategies, and the degradation of their breeding habitat.
The entire program is available in one segment; however, its 131 Megabyte size may preclude some visitors from viewing it. For convenience the program was also divided into three parts. Viewers are advised to watch them in order to best understand the presentation.
Programs are available in Windows Media format (WMV) only.
- Part 1 - Overabundant Mid-Continent Light Geese (34Mb WMV - 17 minutes) - Game management section leader Mike Johnson, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, provides an overview of the light goose situation in the central part of the continent.
- Part 2 - Lesser Snow Geese - Ecoterrorists of the Tundra? (53Mb WMV -18 minutes) - Dr. Rockwell tells how it is not necessarily the number of snow geese that describes the problem but the condition of the habitat.
- Part 3 - Population Modeling can Predict the Light Goose Population (42Mb WMV - 12 minutes) - Dr. Rockwell shows how the population has expanded to new areas after destroying the habitat in one area and the length of time necessary for the habitat to recover.
- Entire Program - (131Mb WMV - 47 minutes) - Parts 1-3.
For more information see Arctic Goose Joint Venture website.
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