GDG- FW: Park Deer Management Program Will Run October Through March

[Ron Chaplin]

I wish there was some other way to thin the deer population.

Ron Chaplin


On 9/14/07, Robert Lawrence <lawrence at rwlcpa.com> wrote:
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> <<-----Original Message-----
> <<From: Katie_Lawhon at nps.gov [mailto:Katie_Lawhon at nps.gov]
> <<Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:37 AM
> <<Subject: Park Deer Management Program Will Run October Through March
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> <<National Park Service
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> << U.S. Department of the        Gettysburg            97
> <<Taneytown Road
> << Interior                      National Military
> <<Gettysburg, PA 17325
> <<                               Park
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> <<717/334-1124 phone
> <<                                                     717/
> <<334-1891 fax
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> <<Gettysburg National Military Park News Release
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> <<For Release: September 14, 2007
> <<Contact: Katie Lawhon
> <<Phone: 717/ 334-1124 x452
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> <<Park Deer Management Program Will Run October Through March
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> <<In October, the National Park Service (NPS) will continue its
> <<program of
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> <<deer management at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower
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> <<National Historic Site, park officials have announced.
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> <<Gettysburg and Eisenhower national parks are reducing the
> <<number of deer in
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> <<the parks directly by shooting. All venison will be donated
> <<to area food
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> <<banks. Hunting is not permitted inside the two parks--only qualified
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> <<federal employees will take part in the effort to reduce the herd.
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> <<"Deer management is an unfortunate necessity of preserving
> <<the Gettysburg
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> <<and Eisenhower parks. Intense browsing by high numbers of
> <<deer damages the
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> <<historic landscapes. We need to protect the historic woodlots
> <<and the farm
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> <<fields in order to tell the story of these two parks," said park
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> <<Superintendent John Latschar.
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> <<The deer management program will continue through the end of
> <<March. Annual
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> <<deer reductions will continue from October through March each year, as
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> <<necessary. A deer reduction community safety committee meets
> <<as needed on
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> <<matters of public safety related to the program. The
> <<committee is composed
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> <<of the local Pennsylvania Game Commission officer, the Chiefs
> <<of Police
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> <<from Gettysburg Borough and Cumberland Township, the Chairman of the
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> <<Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission and the park
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> <<Superintendent, Chief Ranger, and Natural Resource Specialist.
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> <<In 1995 an Environmental Impact Statement described and considered a
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> <<variety of options for meeting park objectives for deer management,
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> <<including public hunting, relocation, and the use of sterilization and
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> <<contraception. Hundreds of people participated in the public
> <<review of the
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> <<EIS and many commented on it in writing. The NPS decided to reduce the
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> <<number of deer in the parks through shooting.
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> <<A deer density goal of 25 deer per square mile of forest was
> <<established in
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> <<the EIS. The park has now reached that goal and will continue
> <<to manage
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> <<deer to maintain the level of 25 deer per square mile of forest.
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> <<                                  - END -
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> <<The National Park Service cares for special places saved by
> <<the American people so that all may experience our heritage.
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> <<
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