The effectiveness of a long-term Canada goose relocation program in Nevada

• Published in: Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
• Main Authors: Hall, Thomas C., Groninger, Paige
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2002
• Subjects: Canada geese; resident geese; nuisance geese; relocation; recapture; hunting mortality; Nevada; Branta canadensis; Life Sciences; Canada; Reno; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2c46818x

The resident Canada goose (Branta canadensis) population in Truckee Meadows (TM) increased in the 1980s from a few hundred to an estimated 1,200 by 1988. Concern arose after two incidents in which aircraft from Reno/Tahoe International Airport hit resident geese. As a result of a FAA mandate, a mult...