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Countywide deer survey and carcass tracking to inform Grand Rapids policy, staff says
Summary
City staff told the Public Safety Committee that Kent County and Grand Valley State University will begin countywide deer-survey work this fall and that local road agencies are now geocoding collected deer carcasses; staff will return with options including possible limited hunting on city property.
Mr. Hurt gave the Public Safety Committee an update on countywide deer-management work, saying Kent County agencies are now geocoding deer carcass pickups and that Grand Valley State University will begin conducting population survey sampling this fall.
Why it matters: the new data stream — road-agency reports of carcass locations plus academic surveys and a planned countywide community survey — will produce maps and shared datasets staff hope will let municipal policymakers weigh local treatments and not rely on…
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