12.11.2014 Editorial Editorial: Time to get serious about deer cull Either Shelter Island has a health crisis stemming from ticks or it doesn’t. A group of well-intentioned people — mostly volunteers on the Deer & Tick Committee — have...
10.15.2014 Government Deer & Tick Committee budget to get more Town Board attention The Deer & Tick Committee allocation, while by far not the largest allocation in the town’s spending plan, is second only to the highway department in terms of needing...
07.24.2013 Government Another option to reduce the herd: Managing deer by sterilization There are people going out into the woods, often at night, capturing deer, bringing them back to makeshift operating rooms in garages and performing surgery on them. Sounds spooky,...
06.27.2013 Government Police Chief reports to Town Board on deer management Police Chief Read James Read reported to the Town Board work session Tuesday on the “nuisance hunting” program, which allows hunters to apply for special licenses to cull the...