Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.

Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.

RESIDENT GEESE ARE

DESTROYING SALT MARSH

Introduced to the island in the 1970s for hunting and wildlife viewing, Canada Geese have flourished here, to an extent where they are now overwhelming ecosystems vital to other species, such as salmon.

K’ómoks First Nation’s (KFN) Guardian Watchmen have teamed up with the Guardians of Mid-Island Estuaries Society to help deal with an emerging threat to the K’ómoks Estuary. The Guardians Society has been successfully rehabilitating Vancouver Island estuaries since 2010, and has been studying resident Canada geese – one of the main sources of estuary damage since 2008.  

Resident Goose Management

Resident Geese Overgraze

Resident Geese Overgraze

These resident geese overgraze the vegetation and grub the roots of the ‘marsh platform’ – a thick accumulation of nutrient-dense soils from land, freshwater aquatic and marine sources bound together by vegetation.

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