WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Canada goose hunting season is coming up next month to help control the state's population before geese migrating south arrive.

ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — A community in the northern Lower Peninsula has approved three hunts in September to target local populations of nuisance geese.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The Urbana Park District board has unanimously approved a plan for a charity harvest of geese at Crystal Lake to help bring the population from about 100 geese down to...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information from the public about 17 Canada geese found sickened or dead Friday in a wildlife refuge.

CLOVERDALE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are searching for information after three garbage bags full of the remains of ducks and geese were found near the Oregon coast.

Crews in Sioux Falls will use sound cannons to scare away geese starting this week.

Sioux Falls Animal Control is trying to scare off thousands of geese migrating into the area, agency...

TERRYTOWN, Neb. (AP) — Terrytown council members have decided to put off indefinitely a proposed ordinance that would have barred anyone from feeding geese, other waterfowl or other wild critters...

TERRYTOWN, Neb. (AP) — A city council in western Nebraska is considering barring anyone from feeding geese and other wild critters inside city limits.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois owner of an outfitter service has pleaded guilty to federal charges that included deploying an electronic bird caller to lure geese into shooting...

HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont golf course has put off a hunt for Canada geese after an outcry from some landowners and area residents.

Quechee Club's property manager Ken Lallier said...

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said it is investigating who discarded more than a dozen geese carcasses in a ditch along a busy road near the North Dakota...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Canada goose hunting season is open throughout most of New York state.

Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos says the September goose hunting season is...

DENVER (AP) — An animal rights group has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of a recent goose culling in Denver that delivered the meat to a food pantry.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado authorities rounded up 1,662 geese in an effort to reduce population numbers in city parks and lakes.

The Denver Post reported Thursday that a state permit allows the...

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Maryland wildlife officials say they've euthanized nearly 400 geese in an effort to curb the excessive population.

ADDISON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has canceled a goose banding event in Addison this week because it says the Canada geese have moved to other locations.

PIKE ROAD, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 150 Canada geese have been removed and euthanized from a suburban Montgomery community after complaints about goose feces raised health concerns, officials...

MUNDELEIN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a vehicle struck and killed 19 Canada geese in Lake County.

Mundelein police say they're looking for the driver who fled the scene. The geese were...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan wildlife experts are encouraging landowners to be on the lookout for waterfowl nests in yards and gardens this spring.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Officials at Bentonville's municipal airport are exploring more options to scare off geese after a laser and a fake coyote failed to do the trick.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Police at Eastern Michigan University have issued a warning: "Beware of goose!"

The department says potentially aggressive geese have been spotted on campus and...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Officials are mulling how to deter geese from flocking to Bentonville Municipal Airport every spring.

Bird Strike Committee USA, a volunteer group promoting...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says the state's spring snow goose hunt will take place from March 11 through April 26.

Officials say each year since 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an order allowing the reduction of the population of migrating greater and lesser snow geese and Ross' geese that have grown so much that the geese are destroying habitat for themselves and other species.

The daily bag limit for hunters in Vermont is 15 snow geese.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's annual midwinter waterfowl survey indicated about 99,000 Canada geese in the state, slightly above average.

The Game and Fish Department says the survey also tallied 5,300 mallard ducks, down from the 10-year average.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — People who watch and feed the ducks and geese in Rapid City's parks should also watch their step.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials are investigating after someone shot and killed dozens of snow geese in northern Montana.

Game Warden Brady Murphy with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says at least 86 geese were shot with what's believed to be a .22-caliber long rifle and a shotgun and left near Augusta either Monday night or Tuesday morning.

The geese were killed in the Elk Creek Colony area.

James Whitaker's primary workplace is the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in southwest Louisiana. However, August found him a bit north of there.

Roughly 2,800 miles north, as the goose flies.

And geese is what the biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries had on his mind.

OCEAN PINES, Md. (AP) — A Maryland town besieged by birds is calling on goose busters — more commonly known as border collies.

The Ocean Pines Association voted earlier this year to euthanize around 300 of the Canadian geese to protect local water quality. The tactic both angered residents and proved largely ineffective.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 2018 waterfowl hunting season opens for North Dakota residents on Saturday.

The season opens for out-of-state hunters a week later.

Hunters are allowed six ducks per day, with several restrictions . The daily limit of mergansers is five. For both ducks and mergansers, the possession limit is three times the daily limit.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — In a battle against goose poop, Middletown has enlisted a pack of plastic coyotes to patrol one of its most-used parks.

The city has spent more than $500,000 in recent years to upgrade Butternut Hollow Park on Butternut Street, and more renovations are underway.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It's open season for Canada geese in New York, and state regulators have set liberal bag limits and extended shooting hours to maximize the number of geese killed.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Department of Natural Resources is holding lottery drawings for more than 280 permits to hunters who want to construct a blind for hunting ducks and geese at select state park lakes in the waterfowl hunting season.

Portage Lakes will hold its lottery drawing Thursday. The drawings at 17 other participating state parks will be held Saturday. Applications at participating parks will be taken locally with the lottery drawings following registration.

BRIGHTWATERS, N.Y. (AP) — Residents of a Long Island village are divided over what to do about a glut of goose droppings around town.

Brightwaters Mayor John Valdini tells Newsday in a story published Sunday that the village has gotten about a dozen complaints about its Canada goose population in recent months. But the village has also gotten calls from residents who want to protect the birds.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has finalized this year's waterfowl season.

Opening day for North Dakota residents is Sept. 22 for ducks, geese, coots and mergansers. Nonresidents may begin hunting waterfowl in North Dakota on Sept. 29.

The season for tundra swans opens Sept. 29 for both residents and nonresidents. The prairie chicken and sage grouse seasons remain closed due to low numbers.

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Officials in a southern Indiana town that faced criticism for euthanizing more than 200 Canada geese last year in stormwater ponds adjacent to its town hall campus hope dredging the ponds and other changes will keep the aggressive birds away.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information about who ran over and killed about 20 geese in northern Indiana.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Investigators are looking into reports that a driver ran over a family of geese in Reno.

The Reno Gazette-Journal reports Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Aaron Meier says several people have reported the incident.

The reports stem from several posts shared on social media.

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who authorities say ran over geese with his car as they crossed a road has been charged with animal cruelty.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection police say 70-year-old Moses Wilson called Waterbury police and confessed to running over the geese Sunday morning.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Volunteers and state wildlife officials are once again rounding up geese living in the Salt Lake City area so they can be relocated to the wild.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A lightning storm likely killed more than 100 geese in Idaho Falls, wildlife officials said.

About 50 geese were found dead in a parking lot and another 60 were found dead on the roof of a nearby warehouse, KIFI-TV reported .

The dead birds include snow geese and Ross's Geese.

Idaho Falls Fish and Game received reports of the geese carcasses late Saturday.

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Residents in a Connecticut retirement community are at odds over a plan to euthanize a flock of geese living in the area.

In a notice sent to residents, the Spring Lake Village association in Southington says the goose population has gotten out of control. The association is giving residents until April 6 to vote yes or no on a proposal to euthanize the animals.

Resident Susan Sullivan says she was "appalled" when she received the notice.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Thousands of geese migrating north are finding that one of their favorite stopovers in Montana is still iced over.

The Great Falls Tribune reports that Freezout Lake in central Montana is still 99 percent covered with ice and only a few patches of open water.

ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Sarvey Wildlife Center in Arlington, Washington, is offering a $5,000 reward for information about who illegally shot and killed five snow geese.

The Everett Daily Herald reports the geese were found by the side of Starbird Road between Stanwood and Mount Vernon. They were brought to Sarvey on Friday for examination.