GeesePeace President David Feld and Vice President Holly Hazard traveled to Statford-upon-Avon, England in February 2005 to conduct two workshops and train 30 volunteers in the GeesePeace management program. Stratford-upon-Avon is the first community in the United Kingdom to implement humane methods for the management of resident Canada geese. The following status report was received in August 2005: 

Dear Holly and David:

A quick note to thank you for helping us so much with the GeesePeace program and to bring you up to date with where we are.

First for the thanks. We could not have got this program going without your help. If we had tried on our own, we would probably have made a mess of things and given up. So thanks to both of you for showing us that it could be done and then teaching us how to do it ourselves. We will remain eternally grateful to you for it.

Second, how is the program going? The geese have basically cleared off. There were over 100 birds at the Fisherman's Car Park on day 1, 28 yesterday and only 9 today. The main part of the river is basically clear of Canada Geese.

We have now analysed the egg oiling data and estimate that there are less than 100 resident Canada Geese in our exclusion zone. We only found 31 nests and treated about 180-190 eggs in them. The rest of the Canada Geese -- about 500 to 600 -- are out-of-town visitors.

I will keep you updated on progress.

Best wishes.

Ian G. Heggie
Chairman, Stratford-upon-Avon Society
Treasurer, Town Management Partnership
IRF Counsellor for Road Finance