Efforts to reduce the Island deer herd, and an apparent spread of lone star ticks, topped a presentation this week.
Lyme disease
2017
August 17, 2017
Island biologist Richard Johnson has been documenting an apparent spread of lone star ticks inland from Aquinnah and Chappaquiddick this summer.
January 26, 2017
Oak Bluffs selectmen Tuesday decided to stay the course after revisiting their decision to back an expanded deer hunting season on the Island.
January 17, 2017
Amid growing concern about Lyme disease, selectmen in Edgartown, Aquinnah and West Tisbury this week agreed to join the call for adding another two-week deer hunt next January.
January 11, 2017
Selectmen in Oak Bluffs and Chilmark last night threw their full support behind a plan to add a second two-week shotgun season for deer in January next year.
2016
November 23, 2016
The Vineyard has more deer per square mile than most areas in the state, but most of land remains off limits to hunting.
