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Walking across the grass at Rocky Point Park often involves dodging a lot of goose poop.
Geese foul up park PORT MOODY LOOKS AT VACUUMING ROCKY POINT GRASS Jeremy DEUTSCH
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jdeutsch@thenownews.com It can be an annoying part of a trip to the park, and it’s certainly not something you want to step in or touch. Now the City of Port Moody is trying to figure out a way to relieve Rocky Point Park from an unusually large amount of goose droppings throughout the park. Mayor Mike Clay said the city has fielded a number of calls and e-mails from residents complaining about the poop problem in the park this
summer. “It’s really bad. There are a lot of geese down there,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW. The issue was brought up at Tuesday’s city council meeting, after a resident asked the city to do something about the problem. In response, the city intends to try a few measures to get the droppings out of the park as much as possible. The plans include vacuuming the grass, sweeping the parking lots and putting a fence along the water and trails to stop geese from walking up on CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
It’s really bad. There are a lot of geese down there.” –Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay
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