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• Encourage developers to adopt landscape plans that deter Canada geese.
• Remove pond aerators during colder months when feasible.
• Deter geese through contractual dog services and with pyrotechnics and other scare tactics, when feasible.
Policy 16: Community education will include best practices for living with wildlife and allow residents to live amicably with the natural environment, resolving nuisance animal concerns
Issues
• Some residents have unfounded concerns about wildlife due to lack of understanding.
• Species overpopulation can affect public and private land.
• Homeowners unknowingly provide habitat and food for wildlife.
Strategies
• Provide educational opportunities and factual information through Web pages, brochures and links to other organizations through the City of Dublin Web site.
• Respond promptly through e-mail, phone and mailings when resident/wildlife conflicts arise.
• Nature Education Coordinator will maintain statistics and licensing, upholding all state and federal laws.
Policy 17: Man-made structures benefiting wildlife will be established and maintained when feasible.
Issues
• Decrease in specific types of habitat such as vernal pools and standing snags have caused decline in beneficial wildlife such as insect-eating tree swallows and eastern bluebirds.
• Human involvement has altered landscapes, causing decline in certain species.
• Many animals have daily and seasonal migration routes.
Strategies
• Install and maintain bluebird trails within parks and green spaces.
• Use volunteers when feasible to plant, install and maintain structures such as bluebird trails.
• Maintain dead trees unless they pose threat to human traffic.
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