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    • Home
    • About Us
      • SCA
      • SCA Staff
      • Board & Committees
      • Agendas & Minutes
      • Governance/Strategic Plan
      • Area Links
      • Snow Removal
    • Forms & Policies
      • Common Questions
      • Code Compliance
      • Applications and Permits
      • Weeds
    • Amenities
      • Reservation Information
      • Campground
      • Fairway Community Center
      • Golf Course
      • Greenbelts
      • Horse Palace
      • Marina
      • Rifle Range
      • Sports Complex
      • Vista Grande Park
      • Trap and Skeet
    • Within SCA
      • Roads
      • Geese/Cricket Management
      • Deer Management
      • Traveling Merchant
      • Utilities
      • OHV Rules
      • Spring Creek Businesses
      • Electronic Gates
      • Elko County Trailheads
    • Events and Programs
      • Photo Of The Year Contest
      • Adopt A Street Program
      • Breakfast with Santa
      • Christmas At The Marina
      • Christmas Cheermeister
      • Clean Up Green Up
      • Community Events
      • Family Movie
      • Free Libraries
      • Freedom Festival
      • Halloween Events
      • SCA Annual Meeting
      • SCA Programs
      • Santa Drive Around
      • SCA Spring Kick-Off Rodeo
      • Take a Kid Fishing
    • How Do I?
      • Becoming a New Homeowner
      • Pay Dues/Manage Account

Spring Creek Association

Spring Creek AssociationSpring Creek AssociationSpring Creek Association
  • Home
  • About Us
    • SCA
    • SCA Staff
    • Board & Committees
    • Agendas & Minutes
    • Governance/Strategic Plan
    • Area Links
    • Snow Removal
  • Forms & Policies
    • Common Questions
    • Code Compliance
    • Applications and Permits
    • Weeds
  • Amenities
    • Reservation Information
    • Campground
    • Fairway Community Center
    • Golf Course
    • Greenbelts
    • Horse Palace
    • Marina
    • Rifle Range
    • Sports Complex
    • Vista Grande Park
    • Trap and Skeet
  • Within SCA
    • Roads
    • Geese/Cricket Management
    • Deer Management
    • Traveling Merchant
    • Utilities
    • OHV Rules
    • Spring Creek Businesses
    • Electronic Gates
    • Elko County Trailheads
  • Events and Programs
    • Photo Of The Year Contest
    • Adopt A Street Program
    • Breakfast with Santa
    • Christmas At The Marina
    • Christmas Cheermeister
    • Clean Up Green Up
    • Community Events
    • Family Movie
    • Free Libraries
    • Freedom Festival
    • Halloween Events
    • SCA Annual Meeting
    • SCA Programs
    • Santa Drive Around
    • SCA Spring Kick-Off Rodeo
    • Take a Kid Fishing
  • How Do I?
    • Becoming a New Homeowner
    • Pay Dues/Manage Account

Geese Management

​Canada geese are a valuable natural resource and a source of recreation to the general public, bird watchers, and hunters. Of all the waterfowl, geese are particularly opportunistic and can easily become accustomed to people. In many areas of the United States, resident Canada goose populations have increased dramatically since the 1960's. Flocks of non-migrating Canada geese have become established throughout many states. In urban areas, Canada geese have responded to landscape features that provide expanses of short grass for food, lack of natural predators, absence of hunting, and hand feeding by some people.


Although most people find a few geese acceptable, problems develop as local flocks grow and the droppings become excessive (a goose produces a pound of droppings per day). Problems include over-grazed lawns, accumulations of droppings and feathers on play areas and walkways, nutrient loading in the marina, public health concerns at the beach, aggressive behavior by nesting birds, and safety hazards near our roads. 


Types of Control Methods:

There are many ways to discourage Canada geese from settling. No single technique is universally effective and socially acceptable. Persistent application of a combination of methods is usually necessary and yields the best results.


Goose problems in suburban areas are especially difficult because birds are not afraid of people and may become accustomed to scaring techniques. But don't rule out any technique that might be feasible; dogs under strict supervision can safely be used and controlled hunting has been successfully used at some golf courses. Once geese settle in a particular location, they will be more tolerant of disturbances and be difficult to disperse. No method works well with just a few attempts, and a comprehensive, long-term strategy is usually needed.


Control measures work in various ways. Some reduce the biological carrying capacity of an area to support geese by reducing food or habitat. Other methods disperse geese to other sites where, hopefully, they are of less concern. Some techniques reduce the actual number of geese to a level that people can tolerate ("social carrying capacity").


To effectively reduce goose damage, the Association, with the guidance of a wildlife biologist and other experts, needs to use as many methods as possible.


Please contact the SCA for more information at 753-6295.

Cricket and Grasshopper Management

To view the NV Department of Agriculture meeting that was on 2/25/25 click HERE. Documents that were handed out can be viewed below. 


 Please report a Mormon cricket or grasshopper outbreak here. Please submit a new form for each group of Mormon crickets or grasshoppers you'd like to report.

Thank you for reporting crickets or grasshoppers to the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA). The NDA will review the data and confirm and treat the infestation if it meets the proper requirements. Reporting crickets is appreciated and necessary for tracking and assessment, but this is not a guarantee that a treatment will take place.  

Mormon Cricket FAQ (pdf)Download
Notice of Public Meeting - Agenda (pdf)Download
Managing crickets on your property (pdf)Download
Mormon Crickets (pdf)Download
Valley Grasshoppers (pdf)Download
Clearwinged Grasshoppers (pdf)Download
Migratory Grasshoppers (pdf)Download
FAQ's (pdf)Download

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