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- Costing out the solutions
- Pass the buck; Kimberley's ongoing deer issues
- Kimberley Deer Committee suggests restricted hunt
- Deer solutions not so simple
- Inside the deer numbers
- Kimberley Year in Review - Part IV
- How many deer in Kimberley?
- November snowfall double the average
- Stand up and be counted
- Solutions to Kimberley's increasing deer population
- Four deer put down in Marysville
- City looking for recommendations as soon as possible
- Luke Creek Wildlife Corridor completed
- For now just stay out of their way
- And the survey says…
- Deer surveys go out with utility bills
- What to do with the deer:
- Kimberley to poll citizens on deer
The Kimberley deer count, scheduled to begin last week, was postponed due to the heavy snow.
However, the Deer Committee will try to get the first of three counts sometime this week. Three counts will be taken and the average will give the committee an idea of the size of Kimberley's deer population.
This is the first step in arriving at some sort of consensus on what to do, if anything, about Kimberley's urban deer population.
The results of the count could be interesting.
"Cranbrook only got 91 deer on their first count," said Mayor Jim Ogilvie. "Maybe there aren't as many here as we think either."
The City has been divided up into areas, all separated by a border of some sort - forest, a hill, a highway. Counters will travel by car and walk all areas. Each area will be counted at the same time within a two hour period to avoid deer travelling from one area to another and being counted twice. Each counter will have a form to fill out with information on the deer, such as age, sex, type of deer.
However, the Committee is aware that even if the count isn't very high within city limits there are so-called 'incubator areas' around Kimberley where deer are plentiful. This would included areas like the Nature Park, Teck lands and the watershed.
