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Guest Column: A legislator’s pitch for culling the deer population
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | The rise in deer population has become one of the biggest concerns for North Fork residents. As a lifelong resident of the North Fork, I have witnessed the explosion...
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Featured Letter: Don’t let a deer suffer
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | The deer population on the North Fork continues to grow. To the editor: Early in the morning of Jan. 19, I saw it lying in the road on Ludlam Avenue. My first...
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Cuomo throws support behind reducing hunting setbacks
NYS EXECUTIVE CHAMBER COURTESY PHOTO | Governor Andrew Cuomo in Albany last year. While local hunters have been calling for reduced hunting regulations during months of spirited debate over a planned...
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Judge shoots down attempt to stop deer cull
Deer on Deep Hole Drive in Mattituck. (Lynette Dallas courtesy file photo) A state Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Southold Town that sought to prevent a plan to use hired federal...
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State draws back regulations on bowhunting
Two deer grazing behind a Cutchogue home on Tuesday. Lawmakers hope looser setback regulations will help manage deer populations. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder photo) State leaders recently approved new...
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Editorial: Loosening bowhunting restrictions the right call
As promised, state lawmakers have made progress in the important effort to thin deer herds on Long Island and elsewhere by changing a law related to how New York State approaches deer management....
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Lawsuit brings unintended consequence to deer cull
White-tailed deer grazing in Southold Tuesday. Supervisor Scott Russell has called reducing the local deer population the town’s number one priority. (Credit: Katharine Schreoder) Last year, a total of...
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With $225K to spend, USDA cull kills 192 deer
White-tailed deer grazing in Southold. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Nearly six months after a controversial deer cull kicked off on farms across the East End, the results are finally in. And to the...
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After deer cull flopped, USDA calls for ‘regional, integrated’ approach
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Considering the disappointing numbers reported last week from the controversial deer cull that took place earlier this year, a...
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Farmers with pending nuisance permits get OK
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) Several farmers who were previously unable to receive deer damage permits to hunt on their property offseason now have the...
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Guest Spot: How deer have decimated our woodlands
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) Our woodlands are under attack. It’s not the first time. By 1750, loggers had removed nearly all trees and brush from Wading...
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Guest Spot: Tick-borne diseases — menace in our midst
As a young scientist, I trained as a post-doctoral fellow with the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Long before Babesia became part of our local lexicon, I was searching...
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5 towns, 1 plan? Krupski aiming for East End deer approach
Representatives from the East End’s five towns met Wednesday in Riverhead. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) All five East End towns already have policies on the books when it comes to managing their own deer herds....
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DEC: No bucks for first 15 days of bowhunting season
JIM COLLIGAN FILE PHOTO Hunters in the area will have to wait a bit longer than usual to begin hunting that trophy buck once the bowhunting season commences in October. As part of an effort to curb...
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SPCA seeks public’s help to locate newborn fawns
The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is seeking the public’s help in locating one or two newborn fawns. A Shoreham resident contacted SPCA Wednesday morning to report a...
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Column: High deer numbers threaten public health
Not that long ago, many longtime residents and farmers rarely saw deer on their properties. Farmers could maintain their crops without the fear that herds of deer would devour their plants and destroy...
View ArticleShotgun hunting lottery in Riverhead scheduled Dec. 5
Riverhead Town will hold its annual shotgun hunting lottery Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Town Hall for local residents looking to hunt on town lands in Calverton another other Town properties. The lottery...
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With $225K to spend, USDA cull kills 192 deer
White-tailed deer grazing in Southold. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Nearly six months after a controversial deer cull kicked off on farms across the East End, the results are finally in. And to the...
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After deer cull flopped, USDA calls for ‘regional, integrated’ approach
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Considering the disappointing numbers reported last week from the controversial deer cull that took place earlier this year, a...
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Farmers with pending nuisance permits get OK
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) Several farmers who were previously unable to receive deer damage permits to hunt on their property offseason now have the...
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