A citizen Deer Committee oversees deer management in Fremont, Michigan. Sharpshooters from Fremont's police department have harvested hundreds of deer from defined areas.
More than 120 students from Bemidji State University have participated in roadside deer monitoring over the past four years.
This community uses a few simple indicators to evaluate whether deer management is succeeding.
Learn how this community is using both managed hunting and surgical sterilization to achieve its deer management goals.
Learn from the experiences of other communities engaged in deer management
A citizen Deer Committee oversees deer management in Fremont, Michigan. Sharpshooters from Fremont's police department have harvested hundreds of deer from defined areas.
Cedar Rapids' deer management program features regulated hunting by licensed hunters during Iowa's regular hunting season, community education and annual monitoring.
Implementation of the deer management program in Ames is overseen by the city's police department. An Urban Deer Task Force conducts an annual assessment of program effectiveness in meeting the community's desired deer density.