09.02.2018 Government Town to hold forum on local deer crisis Southold Town will host a forum on deer management Wednesday, Sept. 12. The meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, will address the excessive deer population on the...
05.15.2018 Government Town to conduct deer census with local volunteers To get an estimate of just how many deer there are roaming from Laurel to Orient Point, Southold Town’s department of public works will be conducting a deer census...
02.28.2018 Government Record-high deer management numbers in Southold Town Southold Town saw record-high numbers in its deer management program in the 2017 regular hunting season. This includes 292 deer reported harvested for the season — which runs from...
11.30.2016 Government Southold looks to fill wildlife management position — again Southold Town will advertise again for a wildlife management position that has not been filled since the Town Board first backed its creation in August 2015.
04.05.2016 Government Tick committee: Increased hunting needed to cull the deer herd Since September, the five volunteer members of Southold Town’s tick management committee have been independently researching the growing problem posed by tick-borne illnesses.
03.25.2016 Government See a deer? Mark it on the Town’s new online map A variety of approaches have been attempted to address the health crisis caused by the North Fork’s growing deer population, including private hunters, federal sharpshooters and a part-time wildlife...
11.17.2015 Environment A deer management group wants you to read this brochure Too many and too much: that’s the message the North Fork Deer Management Alliance is hoping to spread to you through a direct mail brochure it hopes to send to...
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...
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,...
01.09.2014 Government Deer forum scheduled for next week in Peconic Southold Town is hosting a public meeting next week to discuss the “Deer Project,” a new proposal by the Long Island Farm Bureau to cull deer herds throughout the...
