Researchers at Alaska Pacific University are working with the Municipality, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Northern Native Seeds, Inc., to find new landscaping alternatives that are unpalatable to geese. Participants in the egg collecting program will collect eggs on land owned by the Municipality of Anchorage, and on private land where landowners have given their permission for the collections. Private landowners willing to allow egg collection should contact Jerry Walton at the Municipality at 343-4485. Egging will be done in organized searches by volunteers trained and supervised by the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, USDA Wildlife Services and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists. To participate, all volunteers will need copies of the Federal and State permits with their names on them.
Federal law requires that eggs be donated to a charitable organization.
Eggs cannot be used for personal consumption by volunteers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state wildlife agencies. Please indicate that you would like to subscribe to FWS-Alaska news and give your name in the body of the message.