Rockville plans to use infrared cameras to count the city's deer population.
Montgomery Parks will begin its deer management operations with managed hunts and park police sharpshooters at 25 parks around the county beginning Oct. 22, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission announced. The hunts will include specially trained Maryland-National Capital Park Police and pre-screened hunters selected by lottery. Managed hunts will continue through Jan. 26. Sharpshooting operations will be conducted when parks are closed during evening and overnight hours, from 5:30 p.m. to sunrise daily between Jan. 1 and March 31. Click here for a complete list of park closures and for driving tips for October through December, when deer are breeding and at their most active. Yellow and black “Park Closed” signs will…
The National Park Service will employ lethal and non-lethal means to control the deer population.
Sharpshooters will be used to thin the deer population in the Washington, D.C. portions of Rock Creek Park. The National Park Service recently approved a program of lethal and non-lethal means to reduce the deer population to prevent overgrazing that harms native plants. “This decision will allow us to start restoring native vegetation, protecting the diverse communities of plants and animals that live here, and preserving the natural and cultural resources in Rock Creek Park for this and future generations," said park Superintendent Tara Morrison in a prepared statement. In 2009, the NPS estimated that there were 67 deer per square mile. The goal density adopted in May is 15 to 20 deer per square mile because that is the "appropriate …
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richard hagberg
5:42 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
what a bunch of rubbish! people should drive slower & stop being such selfish assholes. killing these deer is evil and wrong......they should be relocated to a better area if anything. what is wrong with the human race? let's do something to control the human over population maybe.....like birth control?? more ›