Estimates of the Mid-Continent Population of snow geese, from 1969 to 1997 . Data taken from

Waterfowl Population Status, 1998, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Year

Population (in thousands)

1969

818.7

1970

1067.3

1971

1331.8

1972

1025.3

1973

1189.7

1974

1096.9

1975

1562.4

1976

1150.3

1977

1967

1978

1285.5

1979

1387.7

1980

1406.3

1981

1794

1982

1755.5

1983

1494.4

1984

1973.1

1985

1449.3

1986

1913.8

1987

1750.5

1988

1956.1

1989

1724.3

1990

2135.8

1991

2021.9

1992

1744.2

1993

2200.8

1994

2725.1

1995

2398.1

1996

2850.9

1997

2977.2

This survey is conducted in December in the United States. It should be noted that the majority

of the Mid-Continent Population winters south of the United States' border. It is members of this

population of Snow geese that migrate through South Dakota. For further information on the

snow goose population visit this web site: <www.fws.gov/r9mbmo/issues/snowgse/faqs.html>

maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.