News Items tag as: Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program

Canada geese egg addling underway in Okanagan
April 03, 2024 - 4:35 PM

The Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program will soon begin its annual egg addling to manage the population of Canada geese.
Canadian goose population control program gets underway in Okanagan
April 05, 2017 - 11:50 AM

OKANAGAN - The annual effort to control the Canadian goose population in the Okanagan has begun.
Goose addling program gearing up to shake an egg
March 09, 2017 - 5:30 PM

PENTICTON - This year’s unseasonably cold start doesn't appear to have had an effect on the valley’s goose population as breeding season approaches and the wildlife management team that handles them is ready to begin their operation.
Goose egg addling program winding down after longest season ever
June 03, 2016 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - The 2016 nesting season for geese in the Okanagan has turned out to the longest ever seen.
Goose egg addling program underway in the Okanagan
March 29, 2016 - 6:30 PM

OKANAGAN - The annual effort to reduce burgeoning populations and negative effects of the Okanagan Valley’s Canada geese is underway.
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Canada geese egg addling underway in Okanagan