DOVER, Del. (AP) — Public hearings are set in all three Delaware counties on a proposed plan to manage the state’s deer population.
The hearings will be conducted to get public opinion on the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s 90-page plan for managing deer.
Biologist Joe Rogerson, who wrote the report, says part of the state’s challenge is dealing with deer in urban and suburban areas, where hunting is not possible.
Rogerson says problems caused by deer include collisions with motor vehicles.
On the positive side, hunters spent $39 million on hunting-related expenditures in 2006.
The plan and the dates and locations of the hearings are available at http://www.fw.delaware.gov/
