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.
Cayuga Heights (population ≈ 3,700) is a residential community adjacent to a major university. Cayuga Heights' persistence in developing a robust community-based deer management program has paid off.
Northbrook, Illinois conducted a culling program from 1995 to 2008. The village conducted an assessment around this time, determined it had reached its management goals, and suspended the culling for the time being.