Subject: geese and lawns
Date: May 6 15:04:59 1999
From: Sandra C. Andersen. - scadane at email.msn.com


The "problem" with the geese is just a symptom of problem with our whole urban enviroment. If the environment had fully functional greenbelt areas, there would be predators (foxes, etc) that would control the number of goose eggs and young. If tall snags are left in all areas possible, there would be more eagles and hawks, and therfore , less geese.
If we used alternate forms of ground cover(native yarrows, salal,etc. ) , we would not be setting a dinner table for them and also would be using less chemicals that pollute our salmon streams. Most of our big urban parks have not come close to providing tradional habitat.
One can still have "lawns", but of something other than sweet, tender grass!
Sandi
scadane at msn.com
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