Peapack-Gladstone Mayor Mcorigliano Continues to Spread Misinformation About Geese
The mayor of Peapack-Gladstone recently sent a newsletter about the goose situation there. I cannot keep quiet any longer. The misinformation and propaganda this guy is spreading needs fact-checked hard. Here is page one. I will post quotes from the Mayor and offer a rebuttal to what he says: "An invasive species" Canada geese are not an invasive species regardless whether or not they migrate or not. Humans have disrupted the migratory patterns of these geese by raising some of them in hatcheries and releasing them everywhere as hunting stock. They have been and always will be native in the New Jersey area. Labeling them as invasive just because they do not migrate is a misuse of this terminology, and certainly not the fault of the geese. "The Borough Council and Administration recognized that the geese residing in our Park were creating conditions that made the park unusable, unhealthy, and unsafe for our residents." Based on what research and testing? Sayi