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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Awarding a Contract to John Zampini/Suburban Deer Management Association for Bow Hunting Services on Public Lands in Connection with Princeton's 2025-2026 Deer Management Program
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WHEREAS, from 2000 through 2012, the municipality formerly known as the Township of Princeton ("the Township") implemented a deer management and deer removal program throughout the Township in an effort to reduce its white-tailed deer population to a healthy and manageable level; and
WHEREAS, since 2003, a component of that deer management program has involved bow hunting on municipally owned properties in the former Township that are not restricted against hunting and are otherwise suitable for bow hunting; and
WHEREAS, John Zampini ("Zampini") is a New Jersey resident and recreational hunter who through his organization Suburban Deer Management Association assists municipalities and other entities with the management and control of white-tailed deer using traditional bow hunting; and
WHEREAS, Zampini implements these services by serving as a volunteer field coordinator overseeing and hunting with a group of volunteer recreational hunters that Zampini selects based on a quota system, whereby hunters who demonstrate a superlative safety record and who remove large numbers of deer are permitted to participate, and hunters who are poor performers are not invited to continue participating; and
WHEREAS, Princeton has successfully used Zampini's services each year since (and including) the 2016-2017 bow hunting season; and
WHEREAS, Zampini has demonstrated the ability to safely and effectively remove deer from the properties on which he and his volunteers have hunted; and
WHEREAS, Zampini has also demonstrated a commitment to increasing Princeton's use of, and reliance on, bow hunting to help manage its white-tailed deer population; and
WHEREAS, because of Zampini's commitment to reducing the size of ...
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