AUGUSTA, Maine — IFW Commissioner Roland D. Martin announced today the creation of a northern and eastern deer task force that will discuss deer management and develop recommendations for deer management in those regions.
“There is a great deal of interest and concern for the condition and future of the deer herd in Downeastern and Northern Maine,†said Martin, “This task force will focus on the issues surrounding deer management in these areas, and offer recommendations on a variety of deer management issues.”
The task force is comprised of ten people representing various organizations. Included in the group are three IFW Wildlife Biologists: Regional Wildlife Biologist Rich Hoppe of Ashland, Regional Wildlife Supervisor Gene Dumont, and Lee Kantar, Department Deer Biologist. Among the people and organizations who also will be part of the task force are Matt Libby of the Maine Professional Guides Association and owner of Libby’s Camps; Don Dudley of the Maine Trappers Association; Brian Smith of the Maine Bowhunters Association; Gerry Lavigne of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine; Sally Stockwell of Maine Audubon; Pat Strout of the Maine Products Council; and Tom Doak of Small Woodlot Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM).
Among the charges of the task force will be to characterize the status and condition of our deer populations in northern and eastern Maine; review ways to enhance deer wintering habitat in northern and eastern Maine; review coyote management policies; and submit recommendations within 60 days.
The task force will meet two to four times over the next eight weeks, then they will submit recommendations to Commissioner Martin.
Tom Remington
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