TLAC

Code of Virginia 29.1-527.1 2004, c.386)

Bedford County, Franklin County and Pittsylvania County

a. That upon notice to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl is hereby prohibited in [Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania Counties] in accordance with subsection c).

b. For the purpose of this section, migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl shall be those species defined by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries as any and all waterfowl in the Family Anatidae ducks, geese, and swans) including native, nonnative, and domestic ducks and geese, and any crossbreeds or hybrids of these birds and includes those species listed in the attachment to this ordinance.

c. This prohibition is applicable to those areas of [Bedford , Franklin , Pittsylvania Counties] that are so heavily populated as to make the feeding of such waterfowl a threat to the public health or environment. Specific areas include all areas within the waters of Smith Mountain Lake, or within 500 feet of the Smith Mountain project shorelines.

d. Specific areas cited within subsection c) shall be posted with the appropriate signage to designate the area where this section is applicable.

e. Enforcement of this section shall be the sole responsibility of [Bedford , Franklin , Pittsylvania Counties] .

f. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed $50.00.

g. No provision of this section shall be applicable on lands within a national or state park or forest, or wildlife management area.

Family Anatidae ducks, geese, and swans

Swans

Tundra Swan      ( Cygnus columbianus)
Trumpeter Swan  ( Cygnus buccinator)
Mute Swan ( Cygnus olor)
Black Swans ( Cygnus atratus)
Black Necked Swan (Cygnus melanocoryphus)
Coscoroba Swan   ( Coscoroba coscoroba)
Bewick's Swan ( Cygnus bewickii )
Whooper Swan   ( Cygnus cygnus)

Geese

White-fronted Goose ( Anser albifrons)
Snow Goose    (Chen caerulescens)
Ross's Goose   (Chen rossii)
Canada Goose   (Branta canadensis)
Brant          (Branta bernicla )
Grey-lag goose ( Anser anser)

Ducks

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Wood Gadwall Eurasian American American Mallard Mottled Blue-winged Cinnamon Green-winged Northern Northern Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Greater Lesser Steller's Spectacled King Common Harlequin Surf White-winged Black Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Barrow's Hooded Common Red-breasted Ruddy Masked Tufted Pekin Domestic Call Muscovy    (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Whistling-Duck      (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Duck ( Aix sponsa)
  ( Anas strepera)
Wigeon   (Anas penelope)
Wigeon    (Anas americana)
Black Duck    (Anas rubripes)
   ( Anas platyrhynchos)
Duck    (Anas fulvigula)
Teal     (Anas discors)
Teal     (Anas cyanoptera)
Teal     (Anas crecca)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Pintail     (Anas acuta)
   (Aythya valisineria)
    (Aythya americana)
Duck    (Aythya collaris)
Scaup      (Aythya marila)
Scaup      (Aythya affinis)
Eider      (Polysticta stelleri )
Eider      (Somateria fischeri )
Eider        (Somateria spectabilis)
Eider      (Somateria mollissima)
Duck     (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Scoter        (Melanitta perspicillata)
Scoter      (Melanitta fusca)
Scoter   ( Melanitta nigra )
Duck        (Clangula hyemalis)
       (Bucephala albeola )
Goldeneye   ( Bucephala clangula)
Goldeneye    (Bucephala islandica)
Merganser    (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Merganser    (Mergus merganser)
Merganser      (Mergus serrator)
Duck    (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Duck    (Nomonyx dominicus)
Duck     (Aythya fuligula)
Duck    (Anas d omesticus)
Mallard also known as
or, Indian Runner Duck    (Anas platyrhynchos)
Duck        (Cairina moschata)

Waterfowl Feeding Ordinance Passed Summer 2005