MONTPELIER — A decades-long boom in the population of snow geese has led state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to expand hunting seasons in hopes of cutting their numbers in half across North ...

Standing on wingtips and flipping onto their backs to spill air, the flock of snow geese seemed to shatter, fall, and reform itself 30 yards lower as it bore down on the decoy spread. Surely this was ...

With a speaker in the foreground, this was the author’s view of the decoy spread. (John Lawrence Hanson/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...

MONTPELIER >> Vermont and seven other states are holding spring snow goose hunting season to help cut down on the growing population that officials say is destroying habitat. Vermont's season runs ...

We watched intently as our guide, Nate, worked his black lab retriever, scooping geese that had fallen far from the decoys. A short, high-pitched blast on a whistle and an exaggerated arm motion to ...