PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 3, 2022
The persistent accumulation of duck and goose droppings in Mill Creek Park has city officials reaching out for federal guidance on how to further reduce the waterfowl population in one of southern Maine’s favorite gathering spots. Some park visitors say they love to see the mallard ducks and Canada geese swimming in Mill Creek Pond and stopping traffic as they waddle throughout the Mill Creek shopping area. But critics see the birds as a public health hazard because they produce more than a ton of feces each week