In an effort to be fiscally responsible while ridding Falls Township Community Park of Canada geese, the Falls Township Supervisors approved a multi-faceted, year-long geese mitigation plan.
Stepped up geese management efforts began in 2015 and have significantly reduced the number of geese at the park, Falls Township Parks and Recreation Director Brian Andrews has said. Before mitigation efforts began, 100 to 120 resident geese frequented the park. Officials have said that number has been reduced significantly.
“This is very effective,” Supervisors Chairman Jeff Dence said. “The dogs chase them off the soccer fields. The geese learn very quickly.”
For 2026, the Supervisors unanimously approved awarding a year-long contract to Yardley-based Geese Chasers of Southeastern PA at a rate of $1,440 per month for a total of $17,280 for the year – the same price Falls paid for geese mitigation services in 2025. Geese mitigation rates for subsequent years are proposed to increase $10 per month. For 2027, Geese Chasers proposed a monthly rate of $1,450 and for 2028, $1,460 per month.
The all-encompassing program will emphasize nest clearing and maintenance. During the 12-week nesting season, Geese Chasers will make multiple daily visits to the park, according to the proposal. As part of the maintenance phase, Geese Chasers will make daily visits as needed to “maintain a virtually geese-free environment year-round,” the wildlife company wrote in the proposal.
“This frequent harassment will eventually clear any resident geese from your property and keep them from returning and nesting,” Geese Chasers wrote in the proposal.
Geese Chasers will use border collies twice daily to chase geese out of the park.
“Our maintenance program assures that the geese in the area know that your property is not a safe place for them,” according to the proposal. “Our program triggers the predatory response inherent in geese. Also, any migrating geese looking for a place to feed, roost or nest will move on when exposed to our methods.”
The company will concentrate its efforts on Falls Township Community’s Park’s lake, lake perimeter, marshes, creek, canal area, fields, and common ground.
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