Giant Canada, snow goose populations ‘robust,’ white-fronted geese in decline in Illinois
White-fronted geese midcontinent population estimates declined 59% from 2023 to 2024, short almost 2 million geese from the 2023 estimate of 3.2 million. Although the number seems like a sharp decline, the midcontinent population is only 7% below the 10-year trend estimate.
