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Around East Hampton Town Hall: Dominick Stanzione Pitches Deer Management Plan

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Rohma Abbas   May 1, 2012 5:05 PM
May 1, 2012 5:51 PM
When two of Dominick Stanzione’s friends were diagnosed with serious tick-borne illnesses eight months ago, controlling the deer population took on a new level of significance and emergency for the East Hampton Town councilman.

To that end, on Tuesday, Mr. Stanzione unveiled a draft version of a deer management plan to the Town Board. The plan recommends a number of initiatives to curb the deer population. The main points include culling the herds—or hiring a professional deer removal organization to kill off deer—getting an accurate survey of the number of deer in the town, increasing access to deer hunters and working across state, county and town lines to come up with an effective deer management plan for lands owned by multiple jurisdictions.

“I think that we’re at the nexus point of a... more

Oh my goodness, time to re-assemble the Fiddle Section of the East End Dysfunctional Governments Orchestra! [FSEEDGO]

Mr. Stanzione now proposes that ANOTHER federal agency (Dept. of Agriculture) should meddle with East End affairs!

How many petty bureaucrats from Washington DC do we need running things here for the next 20-30 years?

His current drive to get FAA funding (for deer fencing) BEGS to have local control of the airport be flushed down the terlit like a bad ...more
By Nero (132), Sag Harbor on May 1, 12 6:30 PM
50k to count deer from airplanes? Dom sure likes spending other people's money. Just let our hunters hunt!
By we could run this town! (77), the oceanfront trailer park on May 1, 12 6:53 PM
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Increase hunting for sure. Allow backyard hunting? Cocktails and Deertails....I know, I know...They'll never go for it. Their happy with us being susceptible to Lyme's or running into the Deer. Have to do something serious about the problem. How many accidents are happening because of the Deer? That is the first place to start counting.
By Toma Noku (136), uptown on May 2, 12 7:19 AM
A $50,000 aerial survey?! Come on
By witch hazel (128), tatooine on May 2, 12 10:39 AM
Not sure why it took the Town three years to reach the conclusion that our large deer population poses a danger to our community but at least we are now addressing the issue. Every rural community along the East Coast has a similar problem so maybe we can learn from their successes and failures. I imagine that the NYS Park Service and the National Park Service have developed some deer management strategies for some of their lands. Let's see what works and doesnt. I doubt recreational hunting will ...more
By harbor (91), East Hampton on May 3, 12 9:06 AM
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