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Council considers nuisance deer management ordinance as residents raise safety and process concerns
Summary
The council read an ordinance to create a nuisance deer management program and heard public concerns about bowhunting safety, homeowner permission, and use of city property for hunts; no adoption vote was taken on Jan. 7.
Whitehall City Council on Jan. 7 read, by title, an ordinance amending Chapter 505 to create a nuisance deer management program and heard several residents urge careful design and stronger safety provisions before any implementation.
The measure was read during the council meeting; council did not adopt the ordinance at that session. Residents used the public-comment periods to press the council for stricter controls, training requirements and limits on where hunts would occur.
Dwayne Stanek, who spoke during the first public comment…
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