Deer Management Meetings Show Cultural, Policy Divides

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Deer Management Meetings Show Cultural, Policy Divides

开云体育 | By Erica Heilman

Published May 22, 2019 at 9:34 AM EDT

A deer head mounted on a wall next to a door that says Fish, Wildlife And Water Resources — A deer head mounted on the wall of a committee room at the Vermont Statehouse in 2012. This year, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department presented proposed changes to deer hunting law at meetings across the state.

This year the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The new proposal includes reducing the annual buck limit to one, and increasing the number of antlerless deer that can be harvested.

In March and April, the department presented the proposal at meetings across Vermont. Erica Heilman drove to Orleans to sit in on one of these meetings.

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Erica Heilman

Erica Heilman produces a podcast called Rumble Strip. Her shows have aired on NPR鈥檚 Day to Day, Hearing Voices, SOUNDPRINT, KCRW鈥檚 UnFictional, BBC Podcast Radio Hour, CBC Podcast Playlist and on public radio affiliates across the country. Rumble Strip airs monthly on 开云体育. She lives in East Calais, Vermont.

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