07.31.2019 Government With support from private landowners, town expands acreage for annual deer cull The Southold Deer Management Program has expanded the acreage of land included in the annual cull this year after a survey of private landowners garnered wide support for the...
04.09.2019 Government Southold deer harvest reaches record numbers once again For the second consecutive year, Southold Town saw record high numbers in its deer management program for the 2018 hunting season, which ran from October to the end of...
12.01.2017 Editorials Editorial: Deer culling is a good model for the North Fork The Nassau Point Property Owners Association is addressing the overpopulation of deer in its community in the one way that has proven to be successful: a cull. For the...
08.11.2015 Government Should Southold Town hire a part-time wildlife manager? Deer management and environmental advocates say they have the facts to show the North Fork’s deer population is a “health emergency,” causing more than $1 million in damage due...
12.31.2014 Roundups No. 2 Story of the Year: Big deer cull falters At this point last year, the deer cull controversy was in full swing.
09.18.2014 News Farmers with pending nuisance permits get OK Several farmers who were previously unable to receive deer damage permits to hunt on their property offseason now have the green light to do so. Arising as an unintended...
09.04.2014 Agriculture After deer cull flopped, USDA calls for ‘regional, integrated’ approach Considering the disappointing numbers reported last week from the controversial deer cull that took place earlier this year, a call is going out to get all stakeholders — especially...
08.27.2014 Government With $225K to spend, USDA cull kills 192 deer Nearly six months after a controversial deer cull kicked off on farms across the East End, the results are finally in. And to the group that led the effort,...
08.22.2014 Editorials Editorial: Don’t run interference on the deer problem There’s a pest problem on the North Fork. The people who live and work here know about it; they live with it its consequences every day. Damaged cars. Replacing...
08.22.2014 Government Lawsuit brings unintended consequence to deer cull Last year, a total of 30 deer that had wandered onto Half Hollow Nurseries in Laurel were shot and killed. The shootings were all legal, allowed by off-season nuisance...
