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Empowering Local Communities To Co-Manage Deer, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Lisa C. Chase
Empowering Local Communities To Co-Manage Deer, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Lisa C. Chase
Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings
Co-management of white-tailed deer (Odocolius virginianus) holds the promise of creating better management programs in many situations, but agencies may be reluctant to encourage co-management if they doubt the capacity of a community to take on management responsibilities, especially on a continuing basis. In Cayuga Heights, New York, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation worked with Cornell University and Cornell Cooperative Extension to help a community organization create informed public dialogue about local deer management. Using a consensus-building conceptual framework, we analyzed the planning process that created this dialogue. Process participants believed that use of a third party …
The Islip Deer Initiative: A Strategy For Stakeholder Involvement In Deer Management, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Mark D. Lowery, James E. Shanahan
The Islip Deer Initiative: A Strategy For Stakeholder Involvement In Deer Management, William F. Siemer, Daniel J. Decker, Mark D. Lowery, James E. Shanahan
Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings
Effective stakeholder involvement is among the greatest challenges in wildlife management. In this paper, we describe an effort called the Islip Deer Initiative (IDI) to illustrate one approach that wildlife management professionals can take to design a stakeholder involvement strategy. We used a four-step procedure proposed by Chase et al. (1999) as a general guideline for process design. The procedure involves: (1) developing an understanding of the local situation (i.e., preliminary situation analysis); (2) defining the wildlife agency's objectives for stakeholder involvement; (3) selecting an overarching stakeholder involvement approach; and (4) designing context-specific stakeholder involvement strategies. In this case, preliminary …
Suburban Goose Management: Insights From New York State, Bryan L. Swift
Suburban Goose Management: Insights From New York State, Bryan L. Swift
Wildlife Damage Management Conference Proceedings
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) conducted studies in suburban Rockland County, New York during 1993-2000 to help local officials develop strategies to alleviate conflicts associated with local-nesting or "resident" Canada geese {Branta canadensis). Annual counts indicated a relatively stable population of approximately 2,500-3,000 resident geese in the county, far fewer than anecdotal reports suggested. Counts tended to increase in towns where there was little or no goose management, whereas numbers declined in towns with active goose management efforts (i.e., egg-addling, capture and removal, or use of border collies). Egg-addling programs did not result in immediate reduction of …