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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Pettibone native, longtime Jamestown resident and world-renowned Canadian goose expert Forrest B. Lee died last week in Jamestown at age 93.

Waterfowl professionals have said that if you were to take any giant Canada goose in existence today, you could trace it’s bloodlines back to an egg Lee placed in an incubator, or a gosling Forrest held in his hand.

Lee served as Game Research Supervisor for the entire state of Minnesota beginning in 1962 and would then be recruited to the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown in 1964.

Lee went on to an international career studying what was thought to be extinct species of Canadian geese in not only Canada but Japan and Russia as well.

Throughout his career, Lee published over sixty-five articles and publications and received numerous honors and awards at the state, federal, and international level. In 1999, he also received the distinguished alumni award for science and engineering leadership from St. Cloud State University. Lee  was also a photographer and some of his photos appeared in National Geographic.

For Lee’s full obituary, click here