The City of Parksville continues to manage the Canada geese that frequent the region. The non-migratory geese are not native to Vancouver Island. They were introduced from Eastern Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, they have overgrazed sensitive estuarine marshes, particularly in the Englishman River and Little Qualicum River estuaries and have displaced native waterfowl from traditional nesting areas. Parksville’s Goose Management Progr…