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University students, regional coalition present Michigan urban deer management plan to Ann Arbor commission
Summary
A University of Michigan student team and the Southeast Michigan Urban Deer Coalition outlined a phased statewide urban deer management plan for municipalities, describing monitoring, organized hunts, sharpshooter calls and venison donation partnerships; commissioners pressed presenters on sterilization, processor capacity and regional coordination.
A group of University of Michigan master’s students on Thursday presented a regional urban deer management plan to the Ann Arbor commission, describing a four‑phase approach that local governments can adopt to measure and reduce deer overabundance while coordinating across municipalities.
The students, advised by Mike Cost of the School for Environment and Sustainability, said the plan — developed with the Southeast Michigan Urban Deer Coalition and client Brian Farmer of Farmington Hills — emphasizes baseline resident surveys, deer counts (drone and camera), public education, phased management and multi‑year monitoring. “We built the plan on three foundational pillars: ecological assessment, social context, and implementation,” the students said during the presentation.
Why it matters: Coalition members and presenters argued that deer move across municipal lines, so single‑city strategies can fail;…
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