In Irvington, Citizens Rise Up Against a Burgeoning Deer Population

From the Hudson Independent

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March 24, 2024

By Jeff Wil­son

Irvington — Across the river­towns, war be­tween res­i­dents and a pro­lif­er­at­ing deer pop­u­la­tion may be im­mi­nent. The lat­est in­di­ca­tor is in Irv­ing­ton where lo­cal, vo­cal cit­i­zens packed a spe­cial March 21 meet­ing, called by the vil­lage’s Board of Trustees, to so­licit pub­lic in­put on the best way to save Irv­ing­ton Woods Park from an out-of-con­trol deer pop­u­la­tion that is caus­ing sig­nif­i­cant dam­age to the ecosys­tem.

Mayor Jon Siegel be­gan the meet­ing by sum­ma­riz­ing the find­ings of the Irv­ing­ton Woods Com­mit­tee, a 16-mem­ber cit­i­zens group that has done an ex­haus­tive study of the prob­lem, con­sid­er­ing every known method of re­duc­ing the num­bers. Its rec­om­men­da­tion: hunt­ing by bow and ar­row.

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