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• Residents are unfamiliar with local flora and fauna and sometimes have questions about co-existance.

Strategies

• Use all venues for education listed above, focusing on State of Ohio educational standards, common wildlife issues and concerns.

• Partner with other government and local agencies to provide proper information and updated laws concerning wildlife.

• Continually monitor possible venues and be proactive in educational efforts.

• Provide education on seasonal topics concerning residents, such as deer-vehicle accidents.

Policy 22: Records of nuisance wildlife and movement of any animal known to pose a threat within city limits will be kept and analyzed. Information concerning animal overpopulation will be monitored and analyzed, including but not limited to deer and Canada geese. Wildlife control, including Canada geese, nuisance animals on public land, deer/vehicle incidents and any animal thought to pose concern will be monitored and dealt with

according to local, state and federal laws.

Issues

• Disease can spread through

overpopulation and both natural and unlawful movement of animals through areas.

• Overpopulation can have ill effects on overall health of land.

• Loss of plant diversity and overall health of an area can result from overpopulation.

• Human-animal conflicts can increase with overpopulation or animal movement.

• Current land management practices entail areas with very suitable needs for Canada goose nesting.

Strategies

• Commission floristic/ecological assessments on at least a 5- to 7-year rotation of all significant, applicable parkland (consider in-house assessments).

• Monitor floristic/ecological assessments for loss of diversity within assessed areas.

• Acquire yearly records of all deer/vehicle incidents and locate areas of more frequent incidents.

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