Our Mission
Friends of Goose Pond (FoGP) supports wildlife conservation and habitat restoration at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in Greene County Indiana through environmental education, scientific research and recreational activities and programs.
Here's a distant photo of an American Bittern I was lucky to capture this morning (4/22/18) in Goose Pond 4.
--Jim B.
Hey, this footbridge has now been newly restained by the Goose Pond FWA staff. Come check the spiffy look. (This is the "before" picture in March.) And maybe see a few birds. 😃
Birders at Friends of Goose Pond © Joni James
A fascinating and moving video about the migrations a SNOWY OWL from NPR. Also suggests some of the wider and unknown realms that backpack, minaturized, and satellite tracking devices are opening up. Goose Pond FWA has now had two records of Snowy Owl inside the property boundaries. It would intriguing to know what their wider travels were--or maybe even still are! --Lee S FOGP Facebook Admin
Scientists have been busy fitting wild snowy owls with backpack trackers to learn more about their lives. That allowed us to recreate the precise route of one owl — a beautiful male named Baltimore....
