History of the Canada Geese and Lake of the Pines - Ron Bomhoff
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...