<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">This is a pretty good summary of the issues with Snow Geese in the Skagit in winter, though it raises more questions than answers. It completely fails to mention that climate change and the greening of the Arctic has created the goose explosion. In some regions of the North Slope, the Snow Goose population is increasing 35% per year (every year over a 10 year period). That implies a 20-fold population increase. Snow Geese are one obvious piece in a world spinning into a new equilibrium. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Here's one (of many) articles on that: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><a href="https://hakaimagazine.com/news/lack-of-snow-is-ironically-helping-snow-geese/">https://hakaimagazine.com/news/lack-of-snow-is-ironically-helping-snow-geese/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">I'm curious how many farmers have winter crops impacted, and I assume summer crops are not impacted -- but the article was not clear on that. In the Sacramento Valley, which also has massive numbers of Snow Geese, they are largely concentrated on managed National Wildlife Refuges designed to attract them, though they are also in fallow ag fields (especially flooded rice fields after harvest and fallow corn fields). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">I like the idea of farmers earning some income by creating winter eco-tourism amenities, like parking areas and bathrooms! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM J Christian Kessler <<a href="mailto:1northraven@gmail.com">1northraven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Thanks, a very well done article. both the history and the various impacts on farming, land use, and development are important to think about. Lots for birders and photographers to understand and think about.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Chris Kessler</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Seattle<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:34 AM Martha Jordan <<a href="mailto:mj.cygnus@gmail.com" target="_blank">mj.cygnus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Here is a welldone, comprehensive article (lots of photos and a very short video) on Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley. It covers the many issues surrounding this abundant winter visitor - from tourism, birding, farming, wildlife management and more. Definitely worth reading.<div><br><div> <a href="https://www.biographic.com/washingtons-runaway-snow-geese/" target="_blank">https://www.biographic.com/washingtons-runaway-snow-geese/</a> </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Martha Jordan</div><div dir="ltr">Everett, WA<br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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