| Excess deer population has its costs The region's overpopulation of deer cost Fairfield County towns more than $170 million a year in health care costs from tick-borne Lyme disease, car repairs and landscaping, according to a groundbreaking report bound to spark further debate on the issue of suburban hunting. topix.com |
Author to discuss hunting Author and biologist Bob Willging will discuss his book, "On the Hunt: The History of Deer Hunting in Wisconsin," at 7 p.m. Sept. topix.com |
Hunting in public forest triggers debate Visitors to Island Center Forest are greeted these days by large red signs noting that it’s now deer-hunting season in the popular, publicly owned expanse of woods between Bank and Cemetery Roads. pnwlocalnews.com |
County’s own rules may put a halt to hunting A spirited debate over whether King County should allow hunting in Vashon’s expansive Island Center Forest may be for naught: A county code, it turns out, appears to ban the activity. pnwlocalnews.com |
News briefs: Foster grandparents needed in Pine County a The Foster Grandparent Program of Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin is recruiting new volunteers in Pine and Carlton Counties. topix.com |