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Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) has formed a Deer Management Advisory Committee (DMAC). The purpose of the Committee is to provide sound, scientific-based recommendations to HCA Board of Directors for the short- and long-term management of deer populations at Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area.

Final Deer Management Committee Report

The committee will review and recommend the most effective method(s) to address the deer population at Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area, based on area-specific conditions, characteristics, and constraints. The Committee will be comprised of peers, partners, stakeholders and local individuals representing both public and private interests within HCA’s watershed community. A draft Terms of Reference has been written for the committee.

Background Information:

Meetings will be held biweekly during May and June, 2010, and will resume as monthly meetings in September, October, and November 2010. These meetings are open to the public as observers.

HCA Deer Management Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule

All meetings held at Hamilton Conservation Authority’s Main Office located at 838 Mineral Springs Road, Ancaster,unless otherwise indicated.

Agendas

January 26, 2011 – Agenda
February 16, 2011 – Agenda
March 23, 2011 – Agenda
April 20, 2011 – Agenda
May 4, 2011 – Agenda
May 18, 2011 – CANCELLED
May 31, 2011-Public Forum, Chedoke Presbyterian Church, 865 Mohawk Road West, Hamilton, ON
June 1, 2011-Public Forum, Chedoke Presbyterian Church, 865 Mohawk Road West, Hamilton, ON
June 15, 2011 – Agenda
Sept 21, 2011 – Agenda

Minutes

January 26, 2011 –Final Minutes
February 16, 2011-Final Minutes
April 20, 2011 – Final Minutes

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	Level 1 Water users are asked to voluntarily reduce consumption by 10 percent. Precipitation totals are less than 80 percent of long-term averages and/or 30-day average streamflows are less than 100 / 70 percent (springtime / otherwise) of the minimum of the long-term average monthly flows for summer months.
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