Goose Control Committee: Dave Rago and Patrick Crunk
Contact Dave Rago at: [email protected] or (734) 395-8000.
The Goose Control Committee works closely with the DNR and EGLE to ensure all permits and laws are followed. All participants of Goose Control activities must take a class presented by the DNR.
As in years past, Lake Shannon plans on doing an egg collection on LSA properties in the Spring of 2025. Below are the reports from the committee for 2025. The DNR specifies the collection period based on migratory patterns and the weather. Residents can contact the Goose Committee to notify of any nests on their property to give permission for egg removal.
Disease Risks Caused by Canada Geese
A single goose can defecate every 20 minutes up to 1.5 pounds each day.
Research has shown that the excrement of geese contains a wide variety of pathogens capable of infecting humans and that can also be transferred to the water and air quality. The potential health risk posed by Canada geese feces at freshwater beaches presents an emerging public health issue.
Disease Pathogens that Canada Geese carry:
Bacteria:Chlamydiosis
E-coli
Listeria
Pasteurella multocida
Salmonella
Campylobacter jejuni
Helicobacter canadensis,
Parasites:
Cryptosporidium
Giardia
Toxoplasmosis
Viruses:
Avian influenza, including H5N1
Fungi:
Histoplasmosis
https://gogeesego.com/diseases-canada-geese-carry/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26414207/
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (“Bird Flu”)
https://www.michigan.gov/.../avian-influenza.../hpai-faqs
Duck Virus Enteritis (DVE)
https://www.michigan.gov/.../wil.../wdm/duck-virus-enteritis
DNR Goose Facts:
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife/nuisance-canada-goose-faqs
Wildlife is not eating their proper diet. They become dependent upon an unnatural food and an unnatural food source.
“According to the [Wisconsin} DNR, while you think you may be helping by tossing a few old bread crumbs to ducks, you may actually be hurting.
https://www.waow.com/.../article_7a968092-e6b6-11ec-9089...
Feeding The Ducks is Bad, Actually
https://lifehacker.com/feeding-the-ducks-is-bad-actually...
“Please remember that feeding ducks, geese, and other waterbirds can make them ill, pollute their habitat, and alter these wild animals’ natural behaviors. Please, do not feed waterbirds.”
https://wildearthlab.com/waterbirds/
Contact Dave Rago at: [email protected] or (734) 395-8000.
The Goose Control Committee works closely with the DNR and EGLE to ensure all permits and laws are followed. All participants of Goose Control activities must take a class presented by the DNR.
As in years past, Lake Shannon plans on doing an egg collection on LSA properties in the Spring of 2025. Below are the reports from the committee for 2025. The DNR specifies the collection period based on migratory patterns and the weather. Residents can contact the Goose Committee to notify of any nests on their property to give permission for egg removal.
Disease Risks Caused by Canada Geese
A single goose can defecate every 20 minutes up to 1.5 pounds each day.
Research has shown that the excrement of geese contains a wide variety of pathogens capable of infecting humans and that can also be transferred to the water and air quality. The potential health risk posed by Canada geese feces at freshwater beaches presents an emerging public health issue.
Disease Pathogens that Canada Geese carry:
Bacteria:Chlamydiosis
E-coli
Listeria
Pasteurella multocida
Salmonella
Campylobacter jejuni
Helicobacter canadensis,
Parasites:
Cryptosporidium
Giardia
Toxoplasmosis
Viruses:
Avian influenza, including H5N1
Fungi:
Histoplasmosis
https://gogeesego.com/diseases-canada-geese-carry/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26414207/
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (“Bird Flu”)
https://www.michigan.gov/.../avian-influenza.../hpai-faqs
Duck Virus Enteritis (DVE)
https://www.michigan.gov/.../wil.../wdm/duck-virus-enteritis
DNR Goose Facts:
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife/nuisance-canada-goose-faqs
Wildlife is not eating their proper diet. They become dependent upon an unnatural food and an unnatural food source.
“According to the [Wisconsin} DNR, while you think you may be helping by tossing a few old bread crumbs to ducks, you may actually be hurting.
https://www.waow.com/.../article_7a968092-e6b6-11ec-9089...
Feeding The Ducks is Bad, Actually
https://lifehacker.com/feeding-the-ducks-is-bad-actually...
“Please remember that feeding ducks, geese, and other waterbirds can make them ill, pollute their habitat, and alter these wild animals’ natural behaviors. Please, do not feed waterbirds.”
https://wildearthlab.com/waterbirds/
| goose_repellent_test_7.8.2025_results.pdf |
| product-avian-migrate-grg-label.pdf |
| goosenesteggreport_2025_page2.pdf |
| goosenesteggreport_2025_page1.pdf |
| 2025_canada_goose_nest_egg_destruction_report.pdf |
| goose_report_april_2025.pdf |
| 2024_canada_goose_nest_egg_destruction_report.pdf |
| 2024_canada_goose_nest_destruction_report.pdf |
| 2023_goose_nest_destruction_and_egg_harvesting_report.pdf |
| _2023_canada_goose_nest_destruction_report.pdf |