Let’s see. Bend is a tourist destination. So… Kill the geese. How about T-shirts with this reassuring message front and back? No poop danger here. Oh, except dog poop. And those deer! And cougars! And juniper trees! Nuisances all. Let’s just level the place (all those rocks!) and make a nice level golf course.

We could send out tourism ads letting folks know that Nature is Dead in Bend. That will bring them. Or?

– Gail Hall, Bend

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Geese Are An Attraction

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July 14, 2010

<h1>Geese Are An Attraction</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 14, 2010</p> <p><p />Let&apos;s see. Bend is a tourist destination. So... Kill the geese. How about T-shirts with this reassuring message front and back? No poop danger here. Oh, except dog poop. And those deer! And cougars! And juniper trees! Nuisances all. Let&apos;s just level the place (all those rocks!) and make a nice level golf course.<br /> </p> <p>We could send out tourism ads letting folks know that Nature is Dead in Bend. That will bring them. Or?</p> <p align="right"> - <em>Gail Hall, Bend</em></p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-are-an-attraction-2135901/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16223&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/geese-are-an-attraction-2135901/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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