For Keystone goose hunters, these are the good old days; Atlantic Flyway population estimate highest since mid-1980s

From: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA | Date: August 15, 2002| Author: P.J. Reilly | Copyright information

Editor's note: This is the first of two articles on the status of waterfowl populations and hunting in Pennsylvania.

After dipping to record low numbers in the mid 1990s, the migratory population of Atlantic Flyway Canada geese is now officially considered "healthy."

According to John Dunn, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's chief waterfowl biologist and the head of the Atlantic Flyway Council's technical advisory board on Canada geese, this year's population estimate for migrato...

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