year round on the central lake. Charming to some, the geese are considered pests by Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation officials because of bird faeces in public areas, destruction of turf, and danger to young children. Abatement programs worked for a while, but the geese had always returned. Since Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation contracted with Goose Busters, Inc. to provide humane goose control in December of 2012 the problem has been resolved. While geese occasionally return to the park there are usually less than a dozen and they do not stick around long. The park often goes for months with no geese on site. The Park and Recreation department has eliminatated the expensive clean up cost of having over 150 resident geese being on site day in and day out. In addition visitors have cleaner facilities and no longer fear attack from aggressive Canada Geese. A similar conflict between wildlife and urban park management exists with the beavers at Charlotte's Park Road Park. References External links Map of Freedom Park Parks in Charlotte, North Carolina