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Board approves downtown crow-deterrent pilot using automated laser, $18,456 plug-in system
Summary
The board approved funding for a pilot automated laser crow-deterrent system to be sited on the Sycamore Building; chamber and downtown stakeholders will work through ownership, insurance and operational details.
The Butte County Capital Improvement Board voted Sept. 24 to approve purchase and installation of an automated laser system intended to deter roosting crows in the downtown corridor, with an initial plug-in option priced at $18,456.
A representative of nuisance-wildlife company Wild Goose Chase presented the plan and a winter pilot strategy aimed at rooftop roosts. The company estimated that an appropriately sited laser on the Sycamore Building would project across much of downtown and that the light would "harass" but not injure birds. "It does not harm…
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