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Feeding the geese: 'From a fun thing to a
Feeding the geese: 'From a fun thing to a no-no'
By Randy Petersen
rpetersen@daily-journal.com
As Donald Mayo tossed saltines from his Ford Escape Wednesday afternoon, he said he didn’t know feeding the geese at Silver Lake was being discouraged.
“So it goes from a fun thing to a no-no,” the Red Wing resident said.
The Rochester Park Board in November sought to increase efforts to discourage feeding the geese. Earlier this year, a billboard-type sign was put in place near the parking lot on the west side of Silver Lake.
Smaller signs discouraging feeding are expected to be ...
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Randy Petersen, local government reporter, covering the city of Rochester and Olmsted County, as well as Destination Medical Center efforts. He joined the Post Bulletin staff in 2014.