Datasets / Nowitna River goose survey, 1986


Nowitna River goose survey, 1986

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

An aerial goose survey of the upper Nowitna River and a riverfloating goose brood survey of the upper Nowitna River were conducted May 27th through July 5th of 1986, respectively, to provide baseline trend data on goose populations on the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. The Nowitna drainage provides important breeding and broodrearing habitat for Whitefronted and Canada Geese. A description of the study area and a discussion of the results is covered.