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Kalamazoo commissioners discuss groundhogs eating community gardens, consider education and demonstration exclosures
Summary
Members of the Environmental Concerns Commission heard a resident report groundhogs destroying neighborhood gardens on Kalamazoo’s north side and discussed nonlethal mitigation, information links and possible demonstration exclosures rather than citywide funding for fences or trapping.
The Environmental Concerns Commission heard a report about groundhogs eating home and community garden plantings on Kalamazoo’s north side and discussed nonlethal responses, demonstration projects and information-sharing.
At the meeting, Member Tresa Grishak read an email from a resident who said she paid to have soil tilled and bought seedlings only to find “all the plants were gone, eaten down to the ground,” and that two groundhog burrows are visible next door. Grishak said the resident requested that the city manager’s office investigate options to control groundhogs so residents can garden.
Commissioners and members discussed…
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