01.12.2014 Columns Guest Column: A legislator’s pitch for culling the deer population As a lifelong resident of the North Fork, I have witnessed the explosion of the deer population. When I was growing up, it was rare to find deer tracks...
12.16.2013 News Hunters called to Town Hall for Monday night lottery A lottery for Riverhead Town residents and property owners to hunt on town-owned land in Calverton is scheduled for tonight, Monday, in Town Hall. The annual hunt during the...
12.12.2013 Letters Letter: Sharpshooters not the answer for deer To the editor: It was appalling to learn that a tentative plan is in place to kill thousands of deer across Brookhaven and the East End using trained snipers...
12.11.2013 News EPCAL hunting lottery scheduled for next week A lottery for Riverhead residents and landowners to hunt on town-owned land in Calverton will be held next Monday in town hall. The annual hunt during the special firearms...
12.05.2013 Government Legislators lobby for local control over deer North Fork legislators are lobbying the chair of the state’s Environmental Conservation Committee to pass a bill that would have given local municipalities on the East End the authority...
11.27.2013 Police Deer party picture-takers offered plea deals The four local men accused of snapping photos with a pair of deer they pursued and captured before putting them online earlier this month were each offered a reduced...
11.25.2013 Government Sharpshooter program will soon go into effect A sharpshooting program is in the works to cull the North Fork’s rising deer population, town officials and volunteers said at a deer management forum in Orient Saturday morning....
11.13.2013 News Local man speaks out over ‘deer party’ photos One of the four local men citied by the Department of Environmental Conservation for illegally taking and pursuing wildlife and posting the evidence online is speaking out after he...