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Cleveland Heights committee to roll out ODNR citizen deer survey; feeding ban ordinance discussed
Summary
The Cleveland Heights Public Safety and Health Committee heard a presentation from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on a free, statewide citizen deer survey and agreed to circulate the link, gather local police data and work with the law department on possible anti-feeding legislation. No management decisions were made.
Cleveland Heights’ Public Safety and Health Committee on May 13 heard from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources about a free, standardized citizen deer survey the agency is offering and discussed next steps including collecting police incident data and drafting a local ordinance to prohibit intentional deer feeding.
The survey is intended to let residents report deer-related problems (location, types of damage and estimated monetary loss) and to let municipalities filter responses by city; the ODNR will provide a dashboard that maps reports and aggregates data. Committee members said they will publicize the link, ask the administration for assistance reaching residents without internet access, and ask the law department to prepare draft anti-feeding legislation while reserving any lethal-management decisions until data are gathered.
Jeffrey Westerfield of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, who joined the meeting by Zoom, said the survey is free and designed to be a…
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