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Home My WebLink AboutBenner, Brian.PDFPage 1 ofl Mary Mills From: Brian Benne Sent: Wednesdav. To: Mary Miilrs Subject: deer culling Attachments: Deer_B roch ure. docx To: Board ofTrustees, Cayuga Hefghts, Ny From: Brian Benner, Wildlife Specialists Dear Board ofTrustees, I read the article on the debate concerning deel culling in your community. we at wildlife specialistshave expert biologists trained in cleer human cgnflicts and all deer management issues and services,including deer density surveys and deer culling. I would be happy to talk to you and discuss your deeroverpopulation, control prlans, and public relati{ns concerning thls problem. please look at our attacheddeer brochure listing our qualifications. Thank you for your time, Brian Benner 0UrU20t2 2785 Hills Creek Rd Wellsboro, pA 16901 570.376.2255 web: www.wildlife-specialists.co m email: info@wildlife-spectalists.com FulI Spectrum wildlife specialists' LLC, offers full spectruln custom deer management services designed to meet thespecific project goals of our clients from individual landowners to entire communities. we help select andconduct the appropriate surve)'s, generate GIS maps, hold public meetings, design habitat enhancements, assess management options, arrd develop site-specific pla1s. All of our recommendations are based onthe principles of eualiity Deer Managernent. our expefts have coordinated some of the largest-scale surveys in the history of deer and habitat management' Specifically, we have designed and implemented aerial FLIR surveys and habitat browsing surveys' To date' our erxpefts hiave developecl the protocols considered state-of-the-art in deer density estimation by the pellet group technique and in habitat browsing and regeneration surveys. In addition, we have co-authored numerous repofts and publications on deer management. Deer Managememt Servjices Include: ' Facilitated Private anrd Public Meetings to discuss deer management options and develop consensus withirr the conrrnunity . Develop and uLse educational and informational products o Repofts o Fact Sheets and Brochures o Presentations o Web pzLge conternt o Deer e>lclosures and interpretive signage . Deer Density Surveys to obtain baseline local deer population inforunation o Distance Sampling (Spotlight or Daylight) o pellet Giroup Surveys o Browsirrg and Habitat Surveys _ Impact s.\-\$$il.isn|l.llr: :,_i;:i=,: ,, ,;,.; , , .,;l ;r,,.,,, Deer Management Services r' a-- * ' "-fi fr t! 'l t1.. gdr$(g 2785 Hills Creek Rd Wellsboro, pA 16901 570.376.2255 web: www.wildlife-specialists.com email: info@wildlife-specialists.com Wr|dtre Speirj;rrsts thewlldltfe expeds Analysis o Baited Camera Surveys o Aerial Survel's for deer using daytime or infrared technolosies o Deer Condition Assessments from Check Stations o Deer Aging o combinationsr of the above techniques designed to specifically suit the client,s needs and goals Deer Browsing/f,'oresit Regeneratign vegetation Monitoring survey Deer Damagre Assessment o Publir; Opinion Surveys o Tracking of Slatistics on dedr-vehicle collisions, incidence of Lyme disease, agricultural and landscape damage, and dthers variables Generate Grli maps .f properties tJ aid in pran'ing and display resurts Develop LocaLlized Dercr Managemfnt Plans incorporating deer population parameters, goals and objectives, ecosysrem characteri{tics, damage management, and other issues Design Habitat Enhancements to nieet management objectives Deer Deterrent Fencirng Deer Tick Rerluction _programs o Deer l\{anagement Assistance program (DMAP) o Nuisance Deer Control permits Deer Populatiron Control o Expert Sharpsh,roting (cond 30 in pennsylva.nia) o Contro,lled Hunting o Trap anrd Euthanasia February o (meat firom deer is processed nd donated to food banks or needy families). Radio-telemetry studies to assess movements and habitat use a a a a Staff Deer Research, Survey, and Mana ment Experience: Wildlife Specialists, LLC 2785 Hills Creek Rd Wellsboro, pA 16901 570.376.2255 weD: www.wildlife_specialists.cotr email: info@wildlife_specialists.com Merlin Benner: Foundation Served on Deer, Forests, and Farms ing Ecology program for pA DCNR in Cooperation with the Sand County rarms Committee ffi ffi =ffithe wlldltfe erpeds r Deer Research in Mainer on wintering aleas, use of trees for rubbing, and density estimationo Deer_Research on proximate mortahly factors t r_.,esr r(esearcn on proximate mortality factors' Sff$Hf$Der:r Researr:h on contamindnt uptake by deer in South carolina, including the use of Deero Assisted with Deer Sharpshooting in Te[nessee State parksr Developed a Deer Management p:run roi tr,. pA DCNR,s state ForesrsItttp://wwrv-ricrlr cter/. na,,../+x,-"^!- . / r, : 3:::*::':t_::::Iifor fA "CNn _,"t r,rw.ffi,dreds of thousands of acres fi f,*" to date, covering 2.1million acres otnstate forestsmillion acres otnstate forests o a coordinated Deer Management activitieb for PA.DCNR, including public communications, survey andmonitoring activities, r....3:1, ana imptlmentationorne", M;;;!;;;t Assistance programAged Deer and collectecl Riological nala atDeer check Stations In several state parkscoordinated ther Quality Hunting Ecolosv Dropram fnr pa n.\TD i- n^^'^^..^-:_ a a a a a S!|$,Utfi!,]trjorvner workshops on trt. frt. 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Pellet Group Technique for Deer Represented pA DCNR testifying nu,n.rpu, times before the pA Game commissionand the PA Legislature Worked with managed deer hunting in p{ State parks Presented numerous informationar iu[., tf trr. fuuri" for organizations and seminarsworking on Deerr Management planning fo. ,.,'u.rut private landowners andcommercial forest manaparricipatedin*,.o.",'.ff fr:::##i1T,1ilX?',ffi Hfi?"f#ne,andeuebec IttlBl//pa, arr dubon. org,/d eer rer]n,+ 1.+* r a a a Working on Deer Management plannins management companies in pennsylvanii, Conducted Deer Density Surveys using p Collected Deer Age, Reproductive Coidi several private landowners and commercial forest .ine, and Quebec Group Techaique, Browsing Surveys, and Baited Camerasand Weight Data from Harvested Deer I Quality Deer Management Association chaoter Chris Voorhees:o conducted Humran Dimensions in wildli{e research on Deer Hunting participationo conducted Humirn Dimensions in wildh$ research on mnJo*n"r Attitudes related to Deer "ron e.rtfio,nducted Humirn Dimensions in wildti$ .";;;;;;;; il;;;;rre of Hunring in pA ' #fiilii:g three properlies of 125 (IN), 2i0 (NY), and 500 (pA) acres using euality Deer Managemenr Treasurer/Executi ve Board Member of loc Wildlife Specialists, LLC 2785 Hills Creek Rd Wellsboro, pA 10901 570.376.2255 web: www.wildlife-specialists.corn email: info@wildlife-specialists.com Cumulative total of greieter than 120 years of ience in Quality Deer Management on local properties Brian Benner: o Wildlife pest Conhol Operatoro Nuisance Deer Control Operator Special Qualificati,ons: 2 Ceftifred Wildlife Biologists @ _ The Wildlife Society thewlldlife erpens I Associate Wildlife Biologist _ The Wildlif. SoLLtf -' l*;?lJ:"reer conrrol operator _ pennsylvantl cJ_" Deer Steward I & II - euality Deer Managemenr Association zinn'H'c', Voorhees, c'1s., & Shen, S.X. social f,ssessmentfor the Atlegheny National Foresr. uSDA Forestservice Project Report' Allegheny National Forestr universiiy park, pA: The pennsylvania State University,Department of Recreation, park & Tourism Management. 4 Members of euality D,eer Management Association Deer Publications arnd Citations: Latham, R. E.' J' Beyea, M. Benner, c. A. Dunn, [4. A. Fajvan, R. R. Freed, M. Grund, s. B. Horsley, A. F. Rhoads,and B' P' shissler' 2005 ' Managing deer from al "rosl,stnm pterspective: Pennsylvania case study. Report by theDeer Management Forurn for Audubon Pennsvlv{nia and lennsylvania Habitat Alliance, Harrisburg, pennsylvania. Benner' J' M'' and R' T' Bowyer. 1988. Selection of trees for rubs by white-tailed deer in Maine. J. Mammal,, 69(3):624-627. voorhees' c' s' (2007)' A Mixed-Method Examifration of Factors Related to Hunting participation. Dissertation,The Pennsylvania State [Jniversity, University pafk pA. voorhees, c' s' (2002). An Assessment of Landolrlner Aftitudes Toward Deer in Milford, pennsylvania.Unpublished master's thesis. The pemsylvania Sthte universiiv, unru.rrity park pA. wickham, T', Mueller, T'-Kamash, P ', Zinn, t., utro voorhees, c. 2005. The Future of Hunting in pennsylvania:Final Report Center for Rural pennsvlvania. Tinn lf /a \/^^-L^^^ ^ c Wildlife Specialist:s, LLC 2785 Hills Creek Rd Wellsboro, pA 16901 570.376.2255 web: www.wildlife-specialists.com email: info@wildlife-specialists.com Wildttfe Speetd[sts tnewildllfe expeds Professional Deer presentations : 3ff:AH;fifffiHt;il: - a historical pei'spective. Pennsvlvania Recreation and parks Society conference, Proximate mortality in non-hunted white-tailed g,._:1.t"glltio1s..!8th Annual Meeting of the American Sooiery ofMammalogists, Clemson Universify. June l9gg. (With W. p. Smith). white-tailed deer use o1'forest openings in Mainb. l2th Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium, westbrookCollege. 19S6. (Wirh R. T. Bowye. unl n. R. Shoemaker). The Future of Hunting in Pennsylvania: AnalysiJ of Participation. The wildlife society, September 2005. The Future of Hunting in Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Analysis of Hunting participation. Northeast Fish andWildlife Conference, April 2005. An Assessment of Landowner Attitudes Toward ite-tailed Deer in Milford, Pennsylvania. InternationalSymposium for Society and Natural Resources,ne 2004. Presentations to the pennsylvania Game Commi ion at the Seasons and Bag Limits Hearings several years. Presentations to the House Game and Fisheries Pennsylvania State Forest Leased Camp Owners Audubon Chapters and hunting clubs, and the Go mmiftee, the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsman,s Clulos, thessociation, the Pennsylvania Recreation and parks Society, iocal Density and Browsing Surveys of the State F rnor's Sporlsman's Advisory Council on the results of the Deerand the Aerial Deer Surveys of the State Forests. Wildlife Specialist:;, LLC