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Board backs expanded 2026 deer-management plan; directs contractor to seek 30–35 deer per square mile
Summary
Wildwood’s public-safety board voted Oct. 16 to endorse a 2026 White Buffalo deer-management plan and to authorize the contractor to pursue reducing population density to between 30 and 35 deer per square mile in targeted zones. Staff cited prior surveys, processing/donation pathways and the city’s dedicated deer-management fund.
The Wildwood Board of Public Safety on Oct. 16 voted to send a modified White Buffalo deer-management proposal to the City Council and authorized the contractor to pursue a target population between 30 and 35 deer per square mile in the 2026 operation.
Staff described a plan concentrated on the city’s SE1 region for 2026 with additional maintenance work in NE1 and NE2. Population surveys cited in the presentation show approximately 42.9 deer per square mile in the SE1 area (2025 survey) and higher densities in the NE regions (94 and 64.2…
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