- Extremely dry winter
- May 2002 pond numbers were 35 percent below average
- Coldest spring weather in 50 years hampered nesting
- Southern Idaho dry and northern Idaho wet
- Total duck numbers this spring in southern Alberta were 47 percent below average
- Mallard numbers this spring in southern Alberta were 30 percent below average
- Goose numbers remain very strong in Alberta and good in most of Idaho
- 2001 Idaho duck harvest was 190,000 16 percent below the 5-year average
- 2001 Idaho goose harvest was 51,000 3 percent below the 5-year average
- Canvasback harvest down 65 percent nationwide (no season in Idaho in 2001)
- States may consider opening waterfowl seasons one week earlier and close one week later compared to last year (9/21/02 opener and 1/26/03 closure possible)
- Allowed duck season length will probably be shorter than in 2001
- Allowed goose season will almost certainly be unchanged
- Different split seasons and zones will be reviewed with the public
- Restrictions on canvasback and pintail harvest probable
- Final 2002 season framework announced by USFWS on August 1
- Public input meetings and open houses until August 12
- Commission conference call on August 16 to set 2002 season