Canada Geese Management Underway In Falls Township

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — Canada Geese flock in just about every community in Lower Bucks County and the Philadelphia region. They also inhabit Falls Township Community Park.

In an effort to manage the geese population, Falls Township Supervisors have 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.”

This year, the township has entered a year-long contract with Yardley-based Geese Chasers of Southeastern PA at a rate of $1,440 per month ($17,280 for the year), the same price paid for geese mitigation services in 2025.

Geese mitigation rates for subsequent years are proposed to increase by $10 per month. For 2027, Geese Chasers proposed a monthly rate of $1,450, and for 2028, $1,460 per month.

The program will emphasize nest clearing and maintenance, officials said.

The company will concentrate its efforts on Falls Township Community Park’s lake, lake perimeter,
marshes, creek, canal area, fields, and common ground.

During the 12-week nesting season, Geese Chasers will make multiple daily visits to the park, according to the proposal. Geese Chasers will use border collies twice daily to chase geese out of the park.

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 to the township. “Our maintenance program assures that the geese in the area know that your property is not a safe
place for them. 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.”

(Falls Township Parks & Recreation Department)