Demand an end to feeding Ducks and Geese in Nampa parks

To prevent our parks from being overrun by Ducks and Geese and to eliminate the amount of droppings on cars, sidewalks, park benches, picnic tables and play ground equipment and other human habitable areas of the park.
Boise city had established an ordinance making it illegal to feed ducks and geese due to the amount of damage to the park caused by waterfowl. Please see Chapter 13-03-02 C. 2. in Boise City Code prohibits the feeding of birds and waterfowl in any park.
According to Mass Audobon, Why Shouldn’t You Feed Them?

Feeding attracts large concentrations of waterfowl to areas that can’t naturally support such numbers. Left on their own, ducks and geese will occupy areas that provide sufficient natural food. As they deplete food in one location, they fly to new feeding areas, often miles away. Mallards in Boston and the surrounding suburbs will readily relocate as far as Cape Cod to find open water and food.
Artificial feeding encourages unnaturally large flocks to gather in one place where the competition for food can cause unnecessary stress. This may weaken the birds and make them more susceptible to disease. Also, birds crowded into these areas are defecating in the same location where they’re feeding.
Alternatively, artificial feeding may allow frail birds to survive, reproduce, and diminish the species as a whole. (Mortality is normally high in bird populations; it’s a natural mechanism, important in maintaining populations that the environment can support.)
Feeding may encourage species of waterfowl not normally found in the area to concentrate. This can lead to an increased incidence of hybridization, which can eventually weaken the gene pool in certain species. This is a rising problem in Mallard and black duck populations in Massachusetts.
Deposits of fecal matter can affect water quality and compromise human health. Children can also come into contact with droppings left on the surrounding landscape. Also, birds crowded into these areas are often defecating in the same location where they’re feeding.
Please visit: http://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/birds/don-t-feed-the-ducks
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