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Creating and preserving
wildlife habitat for over 25 years
 
  
 
P.O. Box 1745
  46 Pennsylvania Ave.
  Easton, MD 21601
  410-822-5100
    info@cheswildlife.org
   
 
 
WATERFOWL FESTIVAL CANADA GOOSE SANCTUARY PROGRAM

Providing migrant Canada Geese with certain winter food source

The Goose Sanctuary Program, funded by the Waterfowl Festival and administered by CWH, provides successful winter habitat for migratory Canada Geese. Farmers and landowners are paid to leave standing corn in their fields and/or plant a winter cover crop. These sanctuary sites provide long-term safe resting havens and food for wintering and migrating Canada Geese.

A total of 12 farms in Talbot, Queen Anne’s and Kent counties participated in the program during the 2005 season. In conjunction with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ WHIP program and the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Cover Crop Program, more than $37,200 worth of standing corn or cover crop was available to our feathered friends for the harsh winter that followed.

The Waterfowl Festival Sanctuary Program has provided successful winter habitat management for our migratory geese, within the limits of funding, for the last 19 years. Long-term sanctuaries are perhaps the best method of ensuring that migratory geese will continue to winter here each year and return in good condition to their northern breeding grounds.

To become involved in or learn more about the Goose Sanctuary Program, please contact Robin at 410-822-5100.

 


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