NEW YORK, NY February 29, 2008 —A hunt for Canada Geese starts tomorrow in 25 counties in upstate New York.

REPORTER: The state Department of Environmental Conservation, which approved the hunt, says the population of the geese has swelled to more than two hundred thousand. Spokeswoman Maureen Wren says those geese are creating a public nuisance with their poop.

WREN: The accumulation of droppings and feathers on play areas and walk-ways such as state parks that children and others might have access to also the droppings significantly accumulate and turn into a nutrient load into ponds and other types of drinking water supplies.

REPORTER: : The hunt goes until the 10th - with a 5-bird-a-day limit.

Goose populations can also be reduced through puncturing their eggs or coating them with corn oil to prevent hatching -but only after getting authorization from state officials.