Word: meadows
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Until last fall, the meadow was fenced in and allowed to grow wild. But last October, the MDC filled the area with soil. The agency seeded grass and paved a path through the field so riverside strollers can walk nearer to the Charles. Wellons says that made nesting dangerous and stressful for the geese...
Last March, when the geese were nesting, the group began distributing leaflets to passers-by near the goose meadow and held signs reading, "Goodbye, Mother Goose?" They urged motorists to honk to show support for the honkers waddling around down on the river...
...geese survived the nesting season last year even, with the changes to the goose meadow. Since that time, 11 goslings have hatched and 10 geese have left to form a new gaggle. But Cambridge lawyer Robert J. La Tremouille, another member of the group, says he could tell the experience was troublesome for the birds...
Leafleting continues at the goose meadow, which La Tremouille calls the geese's "bedroom." But the geese have crossed under the BU bridge and now live along the beach, which he calls their "living room...
Wellons has made it her business to find out everything there is to know about the goose meadow. She even filed a Freedom of Information Act request last spring compelling the MDC to release documents about the goose meadow...