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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Endorsing Princeton’s Application to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife for Designation of a Special Deer Management Area and Approval of Princeton’s 2026-2027 Community Based Deer Management Plan
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 23:4-42.3 et seq. (“deer management law”) authorizes municipalities and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife to seek designation as a special deer management area and to develop and implement site specific community-based deer management plans; and
WHEREAS, since 2000 Princeton has utilized the deer management law to combat the negative impacts of the overpopulation of deer in the Township; and
WHEREAS, it continues to be necessary to employ alternate deer management methods to supplement traditional hunting in order to maintain the deer population at or near goal level, and to that end wishes again to apply to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife and the New Jersey Fish and Game Council for a special deer management permit and approval of a community-based deer management plan pursuant to the deer management law; and
WHEREAS, Princeton has retained the services of White Buffalo, Inc. to implement Princeton’s 2026-2027 community-based deer management plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of Princeton as follows:
The preamble to this resolution is incorporated herein and made a part hereof as if set forth in full.
Princeton hereby adopts and endorses the Application for Designation of a Special Deer Management Area and the Application for Community Based Deer Management Plan for 2026-2027, copies of which will be available in the Office of the Princeton Clerk, and authorizes the submission of both applications to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
The Mayor, Clerk, Administrator, Municipal Attorney are hereby authorized to undertake any and all acts and submit any and all documents as may be deemed necessary and ...
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