Most of the birds are concentrated on the larger waters in Units 1 and 3.

Water levels at Salt Creek are said to be normal, vegetation is listed as healthy and green, and bird numbers are building.

Water levels in Locomotive Springs are low. The West Lake area is dry, and the Migrant Lake holds some water. Marsh vegetation is said to be "stressed." As a result, bird numbers are down and not expected to increase significantly.

Conditions on the Harold Crane management area range from fair to excellent. The main impoundments are in good shape, and the exterior flats are flooded and in excellent conditions. The Rainbow unit is listed in fair conditions. Bird numbers on the main and exterior flats are excellent, with birds packed into flooding flats.

The 2006-2007 daily duck bag limit is seven ducks, including not more than two hen mallards, one pintail, one canvasback, two redheads and three scaups.

Aldrich predicts that hunters may see fewer geese at the start of the season, but expects numbers to increase as the season goes on.

"Most of the geese that hunters hunt during the first part of the season are raised right here in Utah," he said. "The wet spring this year caused many rivers to swell and ponds to rise, and that affected the number of geese that were raised locally. People canoeing down the Bear River this spring reported seeing destroyed nests and eggs floating down the river."

States that raise geese that will migrate into Utah, such as Alberta, Idaho and Montana, reported good nesting conditions.

The daily Canada goose bag limit is three.

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