The city council took the first step in implementation of a waterfowl management plan with approval Monday of an ordinance to prohibit feeding wild ducks and geese in Rapid City’s parks. You can read more about it in the Rapid City Journal online. Friends of Rapid City Parks spoke on behalf of the ordinance.
Waterfowl Management Plan Offers Options
An ordinance to ban feeding the ducks and geese in Rapid City’s parks will get its first airing Monday night. The ordinance comes at the recommendation of the Urban Wildlife Committee, a group of wildlife experts and local interested volunteers named to figure out possible solutions to the increasing waterfowl populations on Canyon Lake, Meadowbrook Golf Course and Storybook Island. … Read More
FRCP urges city to stop waterfowl feeding in parks
Dear Mayor and Council Members, To quote the carol: “Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, please to put a penny in an old man’s hat. If you have no penny. . .” why not spend $200,000 you don’t have? In the alternative, we urge you to take action to curb waterfowl populations and feeding in Rapid City’s Parks. … Read More