<div dir="ltr"><div>The Urbana Park
District Board of Commissioners is going to vote on Tuesday night May 12
whether or not they support the Park District's proposal to kill off 60–100 geese in Crystal Lake
Park, as a way to manage them and make a balance between number of geese and size/capacities of Park. (They intend to leave 20 geese alive). <br><div><br></div><div>You can see their proposal here : </div><div><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ" target="_blank">https://</a><a href="https://www.urbanaparks.org/projects/geese-population-and-management/" target="_blank">www.urbanaparks.org/projects/geese-population-and-management</a></div><div><br></div><div>Inside
the proposal is a 3 minute survey about how you feel about the geese in
the Park—the survey puts the geese in a negative light. But please do
the survey now, or at least before 6pm Tuesday night. You don't have to agree with my sentiments. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the survey: </div><div><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ</a></div><div><br></div><div>How
do I feel about this? Daily I go to the Park to see/hear the
geese—they’re
the main attraction. The Park District secured a grant to improve Crystal Park, and they feel that the presence of the geese gets in the way of those improvements. . They say that lots of people won’t go to the Park
because of the geese—I don’t know anyone who feels that way. But,
mostly, for me the killing off of the geese is a human-centered way of thinking
(if it’s good for humans, then it’s fine) and that way of thinking I
want to stop as it’s a big component of why we have catastrophic climate
change. </div><div><br></div>“GEESEHERDS” I propose that given that
the swimming pool will be closed all summer, why doesn’t the Park
District use 2 ex-pool employees and make them GEESEHERDS—a variation on
shep(sheep)herds. These geessherds can take care of the geese, tend to
their problems, turn their poop into iron-rich compost. This way the
park District is free of taking care of the geese, and two people have a
job. </div><div><br></div><div>Please spread the word. We don’t have much time. <br></div><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>Susan Parenti</b><br><i>Educational Coordinator </i><br><br></div><b>The School for Designing a Society </b><a href="http://www.designingasociety.net" target="_blank">www.designingasociety.net</a><br><br></div><i>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/designasociety" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!</i><br></div></div></div>