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University of Michigan students present regional urban deer management plan; local official reports sharpshooter operations and venison donations
Summary
A University of Michigan capstone team presented a four-phase regional urban deer management plan to an Ann Arbor municipal commission, recommending resident surveys, targeted monitoring, and phased implementation. An agency official reported recent coordinated sharpshooter operations that yielded more than 2,000 pounds of venison donated to local food banks; no formal vote was taken.
University of Michigan students on a capstone team presented a regional urban deer management plan to an Ann Arbor municipal commission on the topic of coordinating deer-control efforts across Southeast Michigan.
The students outlined a four-phase approach — baseline data collection, plan initiation with municipal adoption, implementation of control methods, and long-term monitoring — and emphasized using standardized templates so neighboring municipalities can adopt similar procedures without reinventing policies.
The plan’s adviser, Mike Cost, introduced the project and identified the client as the Southeast Michigan Urban Deer Coalition, chaired by Brian Farmer of Farmington Hills. Student presenters Chelsea Young, Zach Kavanaugh, George Ackerman, Tristan Compton and Lauren Jones described the scientific and social rationale for regional management, methods for counting deer, and both lethal and nonlethal management tools.
Chelsea Young summarized…
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