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November 5, 2008

Deer on Howe’ Committee Announcement

It is with pleasure that HIRA announces the ‘Deer on Howe’ (DOH) committee.

The question was asked at HIRA’s annual general meeting on August 5, “Does Howe Island have a deer problem”. It was agreed that the HIRA board should seek guidance and respond to islanders with our findings. On October 8, Emily Gonzales, PhD, made a presentation on The Good, the Bad and the Ungulate. At that meeting and when asked, several islanders volunteered to be on a committee to seek information from outside sources such as the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and islanders.

Named to the committee are: Shirley Burgess, representing the Garden Buds; Scott Marshall, representing the Spithead Association; Grant Serson, Jim McReynolds, Austin Page and Terry Botten.

The committee will meet over the winter to determine our next steps. An initial meeting has been held with a management biologist and a fish and wildlife technician with the Ministry of Natural Resources. The DOH committee welcomes your comments and we ask that you email terrybotten@hotmail.com with suggestions and comments.

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