11.14.2019 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Island needs more focus on culling herd As the debate over the efficacy of 4-posters continues to rage on Shelter Island, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has put forth a new regulation that...
05.07.2018 News Deer & Tick Committee Committee seeks testing of venison The hunt continues for someone to test venison that has been exposed to the tickicide permethrin. Testing has been done in other parts of the country where permethrin was...
01.16.2018 News New virus activates Deer & Tick Foundation Lyme. Babesiosis. Ehrlichiosis Aalpha gal red meat allergy related to lone star tick bites. The list of tick-borne diseases grows. Now add Powassan (POW) disease, not new, but on...
12.18.2017 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Louis Washkansky, the first person to undergo a heart transplant, died 18 days later in Cape Town, South Africa, as a result of drugs...
11.01.2017 News Survey: Seven out of 10 respondents would welcome professional hunters If there is a single fact that emerges as a surprise from the recent survey conducted by the town’s Deer & Tick Committee, it’s that 72 percent of respondents...