December 4, 2025
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by Scot Evans In the early 1900s, only a handful of Canada Geese nested in the wild in New York State. These geese were descendants of captive birds released by private individuals in the lower Hudson Valley and on Long … Continue reading
March 17, 2025
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We will resume actively oiling goose eggs on the three big islands of Lake Truesdale in the upcoming weeks of spring 2025. [UPDATES here for 2024 egg oiling efforts] We do this to control the population of Resident Canada Geese … Continue reading
April 6, 2024
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Comments Off on Goose Egg Oiling 2024 Update #1
Truesdale Lake has obtained a Fish & Wildlife Service federal permit to addle and oil resident Canada Goose eggs. This program has been going in one form or another for over 15 years with a few interruptions. See article for … Continue reading
March 10, 2024
by rob
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We will resume actively oiling goose eggs on the three big islands of Lake Truesdale in the upcoming weeks of spring 2024. [UPDATE 1 here for 2024] We do this to control the population of Resident Canada Geese on the … Continue reading
March 21, 2023
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We will resume actively oiling goose eggs on the three big islands of Lake Truesdale in the upcoming weeks of spring 2023. We do this to control the population of Resident Canada Geese on the lake. We will do an … Continue reading
April 15, 2022
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We have resumed actively oiling goose eggs on the three big islands of Lake Truesdale for spring 2022. We do this to control the population of Resident Canada Geese on the lake. We have checked the three islands of the … Continue reading
April 12, 2021
by rob
Comments Off on Goose Management 2021 Program Status Update
We have six volunteers who are managing the Fish & Wildlife Service permit that allows us to control the Canada Goose population on Truesdale Lake. The permits allow us to addle and oil the eggs to prevent the eggs from … Continue reading
May 24, 2020
by rob
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For Spring 2020 Truesdale Lake applied for and received a United States Fish and Wildlife Services permit for egg oiling. The permit number is FWS RCGR #13757A. More information about Canada Goose breeding control via egg oiling visit this link (at post). Continue reading
April 5, 2020
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Summary of the egg oiling FWS permitted activity to date from late March and early April 2020. Continue reading
March 26, 2020
by rob
Comments Off on 2020 Geese Management
A new group of residents has recently taken over actively oiling goose eggs on the three big islands of Lake Truesdale for spring 2020. This is done to control the population of Resident Canada Geese on the lake. Egg oiling requires a permit from the Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) which we have obtained. Continue reading