Tag: deer population
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Princeton Council awards deer management contract in efforts to control town’s deer population
The Princeton Council has awarded a contract to White Buffalo Inc. to help control the town’s deer population, including a pilot sterilization program aimed at female deer. The contract, which was approved by the Princeton Council at its Sept. 27 meeting, allocates up to $70,300 for deer removal and deer management services, and up to…
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Edison may consider ovariectomies in an effort to cull the deer population
EDISON – Scientifically, ovariectomies – the removal of ovaries – has proven effective in culling the deer population, according to Doreen Frega, outreach director of the Animal Protection League of New Jersey. Frega offered her recommendations at an Edison Township Council meeting on Oct. 21 as officials continue to decide what is the best and…
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Edison is taking initial steps in combating growing deer problem
EDISON — With more and more resident complaints about the growing population of deer in the township, officials are taking the initial steps to combat the growing issue. “Our first step is to assess a count of where we are seeing a lot of deer,” said Jay Elliot, director of the Edison Department of Health…
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Without its ‘understory’ layer, the forest will collapse
By Michelle S. Byers Forrest Gump claimed life is like a box of chocolates, and a healthy forest is like a layer cake. At the bottom of the cake is the “understory” layer, with seedlings, saplings, woody shrubs and other plants. Next up is the “mid-story,” with taller young trees and larger shrubs. The “canopy,”…
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Edison officials to address deer problem
EDISON — Come January, addressing the deer population will be on the agenda for Edison officials. Councilman Robert Diehl said he sees deer, dead or alive, nearly every day that he drives through the township. “I think this is something we need to address and look at and see what resources are available to us…
