Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Necessary Resources/Equipment: border collie(s) with floatation jacket, kayak(s), and /or other small, agile watercraft, life jacket for handlers, radio. 2. Hazing will begin in late winter until the geese molt and suspend as needed during the molt and begin in late winter until the geese molt and suspend as needed during the molt and begin again in August as the geese come out of the molt and continue until snow cover/winter conditions. Any geese with goslings will be ‘walked’ to a designated safe zone in the parks. 3. Hazing will take place at random times during the daylight hours to ensure that geese are not habituated to certain schedules. 4. Geese will be moved from land by border collies and directed to water body. 5. Geese will then be hazed from water body using kayak with border collie on board. On occasion a dog may enter the water directly from land, but the kayak provides for a more effective program and may be used to block or herd the geese in support of the border collie. Geese without goslings are expected to take flight and should move from the ‘unsafe’ exclusion area. 6. Each area will have a zero tolerance for geese, with the flush/hazing continuing until all uninjured geese without goslings are out of the area. All injured geese should be reported to a wildlife rehabilitator.
