Larry,
    I saw your goose problem on the HPOCA Forum. I'm not a member of HPOCA anymore and so I didn't want to start a problem by responding to it.

Anyway we use feed sacks to desuade geese from landing on our fields. Just tie feedsacks on sticks about 3+ feet off the ground. Sort of make 'em like a wind sock. Have these scattered across the field during the worse part of geese migration. It works around here. If that doesn't work then do the scarecrow thing. Geese will only land where they feel they'll be safe.

Geese are very bad for ponds. Both causing algae and filling it with settlement. My neighbor couldn't keep fish in his and about every 3 to 5 years he would end up dredging. Too resolve this he planted plenty of fairly large maple and locust trees around the pond. He chose these because they are fast growing. They sort of block a good approach for the geese to land. This helped to keep most of the geese out but still there were more than the pond could handle. So then he anchored orange barrels in the pond. Now he has only 2 geese who live there all year round. Also with the tree's around along with the cattails he planted on the shallow end of the pond, he has a lot of interesting ducks that come visiting. Ducks are cool.

My neighbor attracted the ducks quite by accident and took on the expenses of keeping the geese out by himself. However I know that Ducks Unlimited and other groups do offer incentives and help for people to make ponds more duck and less goose friendly. Might be well worth looking into.

Danny Tabor
ps  By the way my cell phone was broken for a while but I just got it back. My number hasn't changed.