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Oxford residents press council to adopt comprehensive deer-management program, citing safety and landscape damage
Summary
At the Aug. 5 Oxford City Council meeting, public commenters urged the city to adopt a comprehensive deer-management program, citing vehicle collisions, plant and garden losses and rising Lyme disease concerns.
Several Oxford residents urged the City Council on Aug. 5 to adopt a comprehensive deer-management program, saying deer are damaging plantings, creating safety hazards and contributing to tick-borne disease risks.
Speakers described repeated yard browsing, reported vehicle collisions and cited local experiences with suspected Lyme disease. Charlie Stevens, co-president of Wild Ones, told the council that native-plant restoration depends on reducing deer pressure and that his group is holding a community conversation about deer management at the Plain Library in September. "Our goal is to increase biodiversity, and the way you do that fundamentally is plant native plants," Stevens said. He added…
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