Washington Fish and Wildlife biologists and volunteers are putting leg bands on a thousand Canada geese to study population trends in Eastern Washington.
Waterfowl specialist Mikal Moore says they're trying to understand why nesting is declining in rural areas while complaints about urban geese have been rising.
The banding project began this week and continues through next Tuesday. Geese are currently easy to catch because they are molting and unable to fly.
Here are some photos of Avista removing the beginnings of an osprey nest at the corner of Idaho Road and Wellesley near the Stateline. They plan to replace the nest with a nesting platform which you can see with the additional images attached to this story.
What was historically alfalfa fields, is now going to transform into City of Spokane Valley's newest park: Greenacres Park. The park will be located on the northwest corner of Boone Ave and Long Road and will cover 8.3 acres.
Construction will begin between mid-May and the beginning of June. They plan to have the first phase of construction finished by this fall. That first phase will include turf and irrigation of the site to be the foundation for a sand and water play area.
