Deer Management Forum
Thursday, October 24, 6:30-8:30pm
at Ithaca High School, 1401 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca NY
The continued high abundance of deer in urban, suburban and rural areas in
Tompkins County is of great concern to many citizens due to Lyme disease, deer
vehicle collisions, ecological, agricultural and ornamental damage. Ecological
assessments suggest that the current local efforts are insufficient in
achieving the desired reductions in deer impacts. In the past individual
landowners and municipalities have struggled individually with deer management.
We are trying to explore the possibilities for a collaborative deer management
approach in Tompkins County. Since the need for and the way to accomplish deer
management is controversial, our deer forum is bringing together local and
regional experts to continue a community discussion. The forum will begin at
6:30PM with poster presentations by various organizations and the main event
from 7-8:30PM will take the form of a moderated discussion with questions
received from the audience.
Panel members:
Jim Sterba (Author of Nature Wars)
Bernd Blossey (Associate Professor; ecologist; Chair Cornell Deer
Management committee)
Paul Curtis (Associate Professor; wildlife management specialist)
Jeremy Hurst (Big Game Biologist, NY Department of Environmental
Conservation)
Kate Supron (Mayor, Village of Cayuga Heights)
Don Hartill (Mayor, Village of Lansing)
Moderator: Sharon Anderson, Cornell Cooperative Extension
This event is sponsored by Cornell Plantations
http://www.cornellplantations.org/ and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable
Future
www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/index.php<http://www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/index.php>
.
See event listing at:
http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/10/17/deer-management-forum
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please
visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom
Shelley, at [email protected].
