During the city council’s finance and management meeting at City Hall, Mary Lu Swift and some of her Luther Lake neighbors presented a petition calling for action to address the amount of geese and stormwater runoff at the lake in Tennessee. Blaine Hyle, USDA district supervisor for the Middle Tennessee/Nashville region, also present during the meeting, offered some advice and recommendations on how to deal with the goose issue.

Hyle noted that while a sedative, cannon net or bait station are some of the ways to trap geese, these alternative methods would not remove as many geese at one time. He consequently suggested to wait till the molting season as this is the most efficient and cost effective solution.

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