In 1999, when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued its Light Geese Conservation Order – which allows a special season to harvest more of the overabundant white birds – snow geese populations had grown so large they were degrading the habitat in their arctic breeding grounds.
However, according to Ducks Unlimited, recent data suggest that these populations have now collapsed to levels not seen in 30 years.
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