Estimated Population Index (Ducks ) by Areas 
AREA 20 

Lake Claire - Athabaska Delta , 2, uuu 
Hay Lakes : 2UU 
Slave River Parklands ~ 4,25 
Precembrian - Forest & Forest » OY, KI 
Tundra ; | 
Close Forest - 6U to 63°3u ‘N. ». 41,465 
Lat. : 
Precambrian Edge : (,L38u 
Wooded MacKenzie Delta: . 3,000 
Treeless MacKenzie Delta 1,0UU 
Upland Tundra 6,655 
Coastal Tundra yuu 
Forest Tundra N. of 63° 30' Yo, (60 
Old Crow Flats - L,yi(v 
Total. 

ig 
luv, 7h 
24,708 . 
6,112 , 
259,315 
116,433 
Loo, hou 
12,362 . 
4u,llu 
58,501 ; 
e,olu . 
39'( 5936 
31, d54 
7% . 
Excluding Scoter, Hider, Merganser, and Old Squaw. 
Production Indices = 
39,199. 
1y,8ul, 
36,2h1. 
152,49, 
Ly 2/0, 
415, 59y, 
2'(,0U1, 
37,019. 
34,021. 
L 02U, 
pil, 332, 
fr 

13.y 
2u.L 
£3 (9.u 
31.3 
20.6 
30.6 | 
2u.4 
Lu.4 
41.2 
34.1 
“.u 
51,811, , ob 4 
* 23, 6hu *1,4ok, ky 61,2Uy,U29° 
13.9 
Production surveys were not conducted in this region in 
1953 so that no data are available for comparison with data gathered 
this year. 
in the far north is. not good. 
or a late season can cause a reduction in brood production. 
However, at the present time the outlook for production 
Kither a reduced breeding population 
When 
they are combined, as they are this year, there seems little reason 
to doubt that production will decrease. 
Conclusions - 
With the exception of three rather small sreas, the fall 
flight of waterfowl will be reduced this year from northern Alberta 
and the Northwest Territories. 
