The ALEUTIAN GOOSE FESTIVAL: A Celebration of Wildness March 21-24, 2003. Come join us for our fifth annual Aleutian Goose Festival and celebrate the return of Spring and the world’s population of Aleutian Canada Geese. Once on the Endangered Species List with only 800 birds, this magnificent goose now numbers 40,000+ and has joined the elite group of species that have recovered enough to be taken off of the endangered list. Our festival guests are treated to the sight of tens of thousands of these birds lifting off Castle Island at dawn filling the sky over the Pacific.

The 4-day festival, March 21-24, features 75 workshops and fieldtrips led by the best leaders in our region. Programs include; near shore ocean trips, Pelagic trip, driftboats on the Wild&Scenic Smith River for birding-geology-redwood ecology, spotted owl, marbled murrlet, fire ecology "Biscuit Fire", birding by kayak on Lake Earl Coastal Lagoon, Tolowa Native American Heritage, wildlife photography, optics by Swarovski, salmon and steelhead, and more.