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Deception from Above - Ron Bomhoff

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                                           Troubling times at LOP It pains me to inform you that LOPA has been breaking Federal law by destroying Resident Canada Geese Eggs without a permit!!! You read that correctly, LOPA does NOT have a permit to legally addle Canada Goose Eggs in the 2023 year .   According to  Dan Skalos, Senior Environmental Scientist of the California Department Fish and Wildlife, an egg depredation permit was NOT secured for the 2023 year. A follow up with Toan Nguyen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, revealed that the 2023 permit was not issued because LOP did NOT submit the 2022 end of year report. As of this date, the 2022 end of year report has still not been completed. (EMAIL FROM TOAN NGUYEN)  This is devastating in multiple ways. It is devastating because, according to the General Manager, Sean Bothelio, we broke a Federal ...
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History of the Canada Geese and Lake of the Pines - Ron Bomhoff

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Swim Advisory 7/20/23  On July 20, 2023 LOP Management sent out an email and placed signs at beaches issuing a swimming advisory for all LOP beaches due to higher than normal levels of E.coli. With the current large population of Canada Geese being the likely culprit of these high levels, our LOP social media pages have become busy with discussion. Mainly, these discussions have centered around what efforts have been made to prevent this sort of thing from happening and the closing of our beaches on one of the hottest weeks of the year. Back in the 70’s it was rare and noteworthy for there to be a goose sighting at LOP and these were strictly migrating geese. It wasn’t until the early Summer of 2005  that I noticed an increased population of geese and goslings. I started making inquiries into what was being done to control them because of the large amounts of feces on the lawns, docks, beaches, etc. As the goose population began to explode, it became apparent a problem wa...
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