Laptop Battery Canada geese living at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge have created such a problem that officials this morning will capture and dispose of more than three-quarters of the population there.
The problem, says the Forsythe refuge, species of Canada geese that live there eat away at vegetation normally consumed by other waterfowl during migration. "This is the food we would like to set the table with in the fall, " said Steve Atzert, project leader at the Forsythe refuge. Atzert said 585 Canada geese have made the refuge their permanent home, ignoring a natural instinct to migrate with other species.
Thinkpad Starting at 5:30 a.m., a team of wildlife experts, biologists and volunteers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin rounding up and euthanizing 450 geese - the most allowed by federal regulations.
Over the past 30 to 40 years, Canada geese have learned that food is so readily available in places like the Forsythe refuge that they don't move out during the winter months, Atzert said. called resident Canada geese make a steady diet of the refuge's lush, green grasses. But in the early part of the fall, when the muddy banks of the marsh should be overgrown with vegetation, the geese have already eaten away large patches of grass. Other birds, like migratory Canada geese, have little food to rebuild their fat stores, Atzert said.
Microsoft All of the Canada geese captured this morning will be subjected to a lethal dose of carbon dioxide and then buried on refuge grounds, according to Jorge Coppen, a biologist with the National Wildlife Refuge Service.
"They'll actually be buried in an area (of the refuge) we call the bone yard, " Coppen said. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials issued the Forsythe refuge a permit to cull the Canada geese population, based on a continuing threat to other bird species. Officials at the 45, acre national refuge in Brigantine and Galloway Township say the large, a major migration route along the northeast coast.
Laptop Computers "They'll actually be buried in an area (of the refuge) we call the bone yard," Coppen said.
The "culling" of Canada geese in the Edwin Forsythe Wildlife Refuge is an appalling misuse of taxpayers' money. More than 450 geese were herded into a makeshift gas chamber in groups of 40 or 50. The birds were then slowly and painfully suffocated with carbon dioxide.
Laptop Computer U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials issued the Forsythe refuge a permit to cull the Canada geese population, based on a continuing threat to other bird species.
There has been a huge population boom of Canada geese in the last 10 years, according to Atzert. In 1990, there were 238, 13 states from Virginia to Maine. The most recent count puts the Canada goose population at more than one million. New Jersey has roughly 85, 000 resident Canada geese. half, Coppen said.
Desktop Computer Officials at the 45,000-acre national refuge in Brigantine and Galloway Township say the large, brown geese have a negative effect on migratory birds along the Atlantic flyway - a major migration route along the northeast coast.
Notebooks The problem, says the Forsythe refuge, is the sub-species of Canada geese that live there eat away at vegetation normally consumed by other waterfowl during migration.
Lenovo "This is the food we would like to set the table with in the fall," said Steve Atzert, project leader at the Forsythe refuge.
Hard Drive Atzert said 585 Canada geese have made the refuge their permanent home, ignoring a natural instinct to migrate with other species.
Travelstar Over the past 30 to 40 years, Canada geese have learned that food is so readily available in places like the Forsythe refuge that they don't move out during the winter months, Atzert said.
Gateway These so-called resident Canada geese make a steady diet of the refuge's lush, green grasses.
Laptop Parts But in the early part of the fall, when the muddy banks of the marsh should be overgrown with vegetation, the geese have already eaten away large patches of grass. Other birds, like migratory Canada geese, have little food to rebuild their fat stores, Atzert said.
Software There has been a huge population boom of Canada geese in the last 10 years, according to Atzert. In 1990, there were 238,000 birds in the northeast region - 13 states from Virginia to Maine.
Hard Drives The most recent count puts the Canada goose population at more than one million.
Electronics New Jersey has roughly 85,000 resident Canada geese. Wildlife officials would like to see that number cut by more than one-half, Coppen said.
Canon "They want to see it come down to 41,000," he said.
Desktop Pc The Forsythe refuge will be closed to the public during today's culling.
Desktop Computers By Jerrold Staas Haught
The Press of Atlantic City - 7/2/2003
Topic: Birding
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