[Peace-discuss] [Peace] a better solution for excess geese

[John W.]

I'll just mention, since the protests regarding the geese in Crystal Lake
Park are still ongoing, that I was driving yesterday in extreme north
Champaign, on that road that runs just north of the Aldi and the Wal Mart
out there, and then turns right onto Neil St. north of the mall.  There are
quite a number of condos or apartments out there, and one at the juncture
of that road and Neil St. had a large retention pond.  The banks
around that pond were planted with all sorts of wild-looking vegetation,
not at all manicured down to the water's edge.  And yet there were the
geese, quite a number of them, sauntering across the road toward the
pond..  So maybe that bank vegetation does not work to dissuade the geese
from living there.


On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:37 PM Debra Schrishuhn via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

Folks,
>
> I just talked to a city planner and she confirmed what has been stated
> here--that the geese are attracted to man-made ponds with manicured
> bluegrass lawns down to the water's edge. Apparently a fair amount of
> research exists on plants and the height of bank vegetation that geese do
> not like. She suggests an ordinance be brought before both city councils to
> end the practice of making retention pond and to plant their banks with
> vegetation known to be unpalatable to geese.  Although this solution may
> not be acceptable all over the Twin Cities, at the very least Crystal Lake
> Park could rethink their bank vegetation and overall landscaping.
>
> Deb
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