Sixth Deer-Culling Season Ends, Will Continue in 2014
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced the county's deer management program was successful and will continue.
Trained marksmen were responsible for killing 152 deer at two reservations as part of the sixth year of Essex County’s deer management program, county officials announced Wednesday. The program, which ended last week, will continue into 2014, County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. said at a press conference to discuss the program at the South Mountain Reservation. "There's no question for the last six years this program has been very successful," DiVincenzo said. "This will program will continue next year." This comes a year after DiVincenzo announced the continuation of the deer management program this year was under discussion by the county. However, the county did scale back the program from last year's 24 hunting sessions in 12 …
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Laura Azarowicz
9:32 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Also, you will not reduce the herd, deer have been around forever. It is the destroying of their natural habitat that creates the problem. Why don't we just stop over building on every piece of land possible. Nature needs to get back in balance. more ›