[3] The Cordova Ranger District, on the Chugach National Forest, has been working since 1984 to implement a monitoring and restoration program for the geese.

suggest that the majority of the dusky population breed on the Copper River Delta, Alaska and winter in the Willamette Valley.

[3] Other than a few geese nesting on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska, the Copper River Delta is known as the exclusive breeding grounds for this subspecies.

Dusky Canada geese are often more wary than some of the other subspecies, flying low and inspecting a potential area to land before descending.

[9] The dusky Canada goose mainly winters in much of the Willamette Valley and southern Washington and breeds in the southeast Alaskan Copper River Delta and Middleton Island.

Since the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964, measuring in at 9.2 magnitude, caused existing wetlands to dry, predation rates increased in the following years.

[6] This phenomenon ultimately led to the 1984 implementation of the dusky conservation program, a joint project led by the U.S. Forest Service that includes the Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Ducks Unlimited Incorporated.