Deer Population Control

DEC Permit 2558

Press Release 11-17-11

TIMELINE OF DEER CONTROL EFFORTS (1998-PRESENT)

FAQ's

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW PROCESS

• Draft Plan, adopted by Board for SEQR process (9/2009)
  
  
• SEQR Long Enviro. Assess. Form, (11/2009 – 3/2011)
  • Food Bank Letter
  • Cayuga Heights Police Dept Deer Accident Statistics
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement, completed by TMA and accepted by Board as complete for public review and comment (11/2010)
  
  
• Final Environmental Impact Statement (Deer Management Plan), accepted as complete by the Board of Trustees (3/2011)
  
  
• SEQR Findings Statement, adopted by the Board of Trustees (4/4/2011)

DEER COMMITTEE WORK

• Deer Committee (DRAC) Recommendation to Trustees (May 2009)
• Deer Committee (DRAC) Information Packet (March 2009)
• Deer Management Options Chart (March 2009)
• Deer Committee Report, 2001
• Empowering Communities, 2001
• HDRU: Community Attitudes About Deer Management
• HDRU: Preliminary Situation Analysis from a Survey of Residents

EDUCATION

• Lyme Disease
  • Tompkins County Health Department website
  • Tompkins County Health Department Lyme Disease History
  • NYS – Department of Environmental Conservation on Lyme Disease
  • CDC - Tick Management Handbook
  • CDC - Lyme Disease Information
  • Lyme Disease and Deer, An Update November 2011
• Deer Resistant Plants
  • Dr. Bridgen
  • Plant List
  • Finger Lakes Native Plants Society
• Other Communities
• Cornell University Deer Management Plan
• Vassar College
• Nature Conservancy
• Irondequoit, NY
• NYT article
• Massachusetts Wildlife
• Lansing, NY
  • “Village Hunting Law Passed” Lansing Star: 10/18/2007
  • “Village Evaluates Deer Population Control” Lansing Star: 3/4/2007
  • “Village Amend. to Expand Hunting Rules” Lansing Star: 9/24/2010
  • “Two Village of Lansing Laws Passed” Lansing Star: 10/22/2010

BACKGROUND RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL READING

• Citizens Guide
• Evaluation of Deer Management Options
• Edible Hudson
• Journal of Wildlife Management 2003
• Journal of Wildlife Management 2006
• Tick Management Handbook 2007 State of Connecticut Ag Exp.
• Growing Deer Population Hurts Survival of Forests
• DRAFT Statewide Deer Management Plan Press Release 6/13/2011
• Email Public Comment on Deer Management Plan through 7/28/2011

The Village of Cayuga Heights is a 2-1-1 Community!