Waterfowl

Snow Goose

The Snow-Goose Classic is an annual event in Alaska in which people guess the exact time that the Snow Geese will return to the Kenai River Flats, one of the first signs of spring in these parts. Few of these geese will remain in Alaska to breed. Most will continue north and west to Wrangel Island along the northern shore of Russia, or north and east across the North Slope and into Canada. In eastern Canada, Snow Goose populations are becoming very high, causing damage to their breeding ground habitat.

Projects and Related Reports

• North American Breeding Waterfowl Survey in Alaska.
• Expanded Aerial Surveys of Waterfowl in Alaska
• North Slope Common Eider Survey Reports for the year:
  • 1999 (pdf)
  • 2000 (pdf)
  • 2001 (pdf)
  • 2002 (pdf)
  • 2003 (pdf)
  • 2004 (pdf)
  • 2005 (pdf)
  • 2006 (pdf)
  • 2007 (pdf)
• Aerial Survey in Nunavut, Canada, 2006 (pdf)
• Victoria Island, Canada Aerial Survey, 2005 (pdf)
• Teshekpuk Lake Area Molting Goose Survey - 2007 (pdf)
• Waterbird/Oilspill Impact Modeling Project
• Beaufort Sea Aerial Water Bird Survey
• Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Breeding Waterfowl Survey
• Arctic Coastal Plain Eider Survey

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Last Updated: September 15, 2008