Slow Fairbanks snowmelt slows Canada geese migration

Canada goose on the Colville River Delta. (Photo by Ryan Askren, USGS.)
Sunshine is abundant this time of year, but cooler temperatures this week have slowed the melting of a well above normal snowpack in Fairbanks, which is affecting migratory bird’s arrival at a local refuge.
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The first few Canada geese were spotted at Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Fairbanks back on April 4. That’s among the earlier first arrival dates on