'Geese-Free Environment' Pushed For Falls Township Community Park

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —While its Canada geese population has been reduced over the past few years, Falls Township is bolstering its management efforts, with a contracted company pushing for a "geese-free environment" this year.

Falls Township Supervisors this week approved a multi-faceted, year-long geese mitigation plan at a slight increase over 2022.

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.

The current population stands at 20-to-30 geese when between 100 to 120 frequented the park previously, he said.

For this year, supervisors unanimously approved awarding a year-long contract to Yardley-based Geese Chasers of Southeastern PA at a rate of $1,400 per month, totaling $16,800 for the year.

Falls had worked with another wildlife control company since 2020 on a 10-month geese management effort, which cost $22,000.

“This is very effective in our park,” Supervisors Chairman Jeff Dence said. “It keeps (geese) off the fields where the kids play.”

Geese mitigation rates over the next few years are proposed to increase by $20 per month.

For 2024, Geese Chasers proposed a monthly rate of $1,420 and $1,440 per month for 2025.

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

The 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.

“Our maintenance program assures that the geese in the area know that your property is not a safe place for them,” Geese Chasers wrote in the proposal. “Any migrating geese looking for a place to feed, roost, or nest will move on when exposed to our methods.”