MONTPELIER — A decades-long boom in the population of snow geese has led state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to expand hunting seasons in hopes of cutting their numbers in half across North ...

One day last week, Alex Russo ambled into a field near his home in northeast South Dakota. With him were his son and two friends, who also guide for Russo at his hunting lodge, Flatland Flyways. This ...

Snow geese are one of the most abundant species of waterfowl in the world, with a breeding range extending from Wrangel Island, Russia, across the Arctic coast and islands of northern Alaska and ...

Laying on cold, damp ground is usually a recipe for misery. But in this case I think it was a feature and not a bug. An uncomfortable body would at least be an alert body, alert for the arctic bound ...

If you have been doing any waterfowling, don’t put away your shotguns yet. The 2025 Nebraska Light Conservation Season opens Monday, and it is a long season for us in the West Zone, too. Waterfowlers ...

The only snow goose I ever saw growing up was from pictures of the white birds in the Audubon Society encyclopedias my grandparents got me for my birthdays. Heck, in the 1970s around here you didn’t ...

According to a 2017 study published by Springer Nature, greater snow geese grew in population from about 3,000 in the early 20th century to some 700,000 by the 1990s. KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. — A few ...

The sky is beginning to glow pink as I bank the turn into the entrance of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. We hurry with a sense of urgency, not wanting to miss ...