Fenton Approves $2,500 Contract for Wildlife Control at Water Plant
Two coyotes were removed in the past year; council member says there are some behind Meadow Pointe in Fenton.
Twenty-one woodchucks, 12 cats, four skunks, four foxes, two coyotes and one badger. Over the last year, Wildlife Management and Rescue, of Flushing, live trapped and relocated 44 animals from the Fenton Water Plant property, said Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Daniel Czarnecki. The city paid $2,500 for the year of service, to live trap and remove animals that are making homes in the fenced area behind the water treatment plant, around the lime lagoons and the storm water retention ponds. The animals were causing a nuisance and burrowing into the ground around the water treatment plant, compromising the integrity of the ground around the plant, Czarnecki said. As part of Fenton’s new groundwater discharge permit from the …
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