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1 -Because geese instinctively return to the area where they first nest, <br /> the young geese on the island would be relocated to Minnesota areas <br /> i where there are currently not enough geese. <br /> 4 -The DNR would transport the mature geese to areas in Kentucky, <br /> 5 Tennessee, and Arkansas -where theywould be welcomed and hopefully <br /> 6 exchanged for turkeys to be relocated in southern Minnesota. <br /> 7 -The primary feathers in the wings of the adult geese would be clipped <br /> 8 in a manner no more painful than clipping human fingernails which <br /> 9 would prevent them from following their inborn homing instincts to <br /> 10 return to the area where they originally nested. Once they have <br /> 11 nested in a new location, that instinct would be transferred to that <br /> 12 new location. <br /> 13 The. University of Minnesota's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife <br /> 14 Professor pointed to the phenomenal 200% growth rate for geese which had <br /> 15 produced anywhere from 200 to 300 geese on the island where the last <br /> 16 computer data his department had was for seven pairs in 1983. Dr. <br /> 17 Cooper reported the four year program his department had undertaken on <br /> 18 Long Lake in New Brighton had reduced .the goose population from 170 to <br /> 19 35 this year, with only 15 expected this spring. <br /> 20. Dean Prekker, 2401 Silver Lane, indicated his wife, who was with him, <br /> 21 was Association Secretary and the minutes of the last meeting which she <br /> 22 had with her that evening indicated that the members of the Silver Lake <br /> 16 Residents Association although not unanimous in their agreement, the <br /> majority by far favored the geese removal program and an additional <br /> 25. Association assessment of $20.00 per year per member was instituted to <br /> 26 support it. He reiterated that there had been the largest attendance <br /> 27 by far than at any other Association meeting was to vote for the <br /> 28 program. The lake resident drew the Council's attention to the- fact <br /> 29 that when the same proposal had been made at the Columbia Heights <br /> 30 Council meeting, there had also been no one speaking in opposition to <br /> 31 the proposal. He attributed that to the experience both Columbia <br /> 32 Heights and St. Anthony residents who use the swimming beach on the <br /> 33 Columbia Heights side have had with the geese droppings. <br /> 34 Mayor Sundland commented that Mayor Hadtrath had told him the Columbia <br /> 35 Heights Council had certainly been positive about the program and the <br /> 36 St. Anthony Mayor said he sensed none of the St. Anthony Councilmembers <br /> 37 were opposed to it. He. therefore closed the hearing at 8:20 P.M. <br /> 38 Council Action <br /> 39 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to authorize the funding of the <br /> 40 proposed three year geese removal program for Silver Lake for an amount <br /> 41 not to exceed $1,000.00. <br /> 42 Motion .carried unanimously. <br /> 43 CO , INU TION OF REPORTS <br /> • 8 <br />