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County Deer Advisory Council Accepting Applications
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 06/04/2020

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply for County Deer Advisory Council seats. The enrollment period for each county is open during the entire month of June.

Council members meet annually to review deer management data, gather public input from citizens and provide recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board regarding deer management decisions in their county.

Participants include representatives in agriculture, forestry, tourism, transportation, hunting, land management and local government. Both hunters and non-hunters are encouraged to apply for vacancies, but applicants must have experience or involvement with at least one of these seven stakeholder categories.

"We put a great deal of stock in public involvement, and we hope folks take extra interest and apply for a seat on their local council," said Kevin Wallenfang, DNR CDAC coordinator. "Those selected will serve for three years, and during that time will have a great deal of responsibility in helping manage deer in their county."

Councils were established in 2014 and continue to provide an excellent venue to develop county-specific deer population objective recommendations and guide deer herd management through permit issuance and season structure.

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