04.26.2015 Columns Guest Spot: Tick-borne diseases — menace in our midst As a young scientist, I trained as a post-doctoral fellow with the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Long before Babesia became part of our local...
04.05.2015 Columns Guest Spot: Cars and deer make for a costly mix We’ve all seen it: A deer carcass lying at the edge of the road, the gruesome result of a car/deer collision. It’s not a pretty sight. And while it...
03.07.2015 Columns Guest Column: Deer can impact farms, food safety Is there a North Fork homeowner who doesn’t despair about the destruction of their plants, shrubs or trees caused by deer, which are now eating what they once rejected?...
01.25.2015 Columns Guest Column: The effects of deer overpopulation The overpopulation of deer is increasingly affecting the human and natural landscape in Southold Town. It is directly and indirectly impacting our water quality, our shoreline bluffs, headlands and...
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...
09.13.2014 Government New regulations open more land for hunting New state regulations have opened an additional 110 acres for deer hunters in Southold Town this year.
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...
08.22.2014 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...