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Farmington Hills council adopts deer-management plan using USDA sharpshoots, pilot archery hunts
Summary
On April 28, 2025 the Farmington Hills City Council voted 6–1 to adopt a multi-year deer-management plan that authorizes USDA sharpshooting beginning in 2026, and a pilot archery program using trained public-safety personnel beginning in 2027, paired with monitoring and public education.
Farmington Hills City Council voted 6–1 on April 28 to adopt a deer-management resolution that authorizes use of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sharpshooters as early as 2026 and a pilot archery program using trained public-safety personnel in 2027.
The plan, presented by Brian Farmer, deputy director of the Department of Special Services, and wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is pitched as a regional, science-based effort to reduce what staff described as growing deer-related damage to the city’s natural areas, landscaping and an increase in deer–vehicle collisions. The implementation package includes annual reporting to council, a monitoring partnership with the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, and agreements with the USDA and DNR for the technical work.
The council heard that the city and a Southeast Michigan coalition studied nonlethal options for years. Chad Fedua, identified in the presentation as a statewide deer specialist with the Michigan DNR, told…
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