It's time to accept the fact that lethal means are required to reclaim our public waterfront parks for public use. Goose droppings have rendered some parks unfit for people and the water unsafe for swimming. There's no getting around it. Some of the geese must be killed. It's not an easy conclusion to reach.
Nobody relishes the idea of a mass extermination of the resident geese.
But simply harassing and scaring the geese away from any lake in the county just transfers the problem to someone else's grassy lawn. Pushing the problem around South Sound is not the answer. But use of lethal force should not be the only tool in the arsenal. Local governments can still do a much better job of educating the public to stop feeding the geese. We support increased use of native landscaping and low-profile fencing around the water's edge.