GREAT FALLS, Mont. (NMB) – During the second half of March, the snow geese migration normally peaks with thousands of birds at Freezout Wildlife Management Area along the Rocky Mountain Front. But something is missing this year – the snow geese.
A press release says that this winter’s blast of cold and snow has left Freezout froze up. In addition, the WMA’s rads and parking lots are plowed as much as possible, but the roads are marginal and if the wind blows, they may quickly drift in.
Freezout is located between the towns of Fair field and Choteau along U.S. 89.
Typically snow geese migration peaks at the end of March. Some years, winter weather farther north can bottle up the birds temporarily at Freezout, leading to numbers greater than 100,000.
This year, however, the lingering effects of winter are here, keeping the birds farther south. Depending on when the WMA waters open, the snow geese may stop there in large numbers, or simply keep flying north to their arctic breeding grounds.
