Contact: Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles, 202-619-7177
WASHINGTON—The National Park Service (NPS) would like to remind the pubic of the on-going comment period to inform a White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for Harpers Ferry and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal national historical parks. Public scoping comments are being accepted through March 20, 2015. The NPS is presenting four preliminary alternatives and five potential focus areas to help guide feedback. The preliminary alternatives are no action, nonlethal deer management, lethal deer management or a combination of lethal and nonlethal deer management. A newsletter with additional details is available on the project website. How to Comment Comments may also be submitted in writing to: Attn: Deer Management Plan Comments must be entered into the website or postmarked by March 20, 2015 to receive consideration. Please be aware that the entire comment submitted –including personal identifying information such as address, phone number, e-mail address –may be made publicly available. Requests to withhold such personal identifying information from public release will be considered, but there is no guarantee that they will be withheld. There are five parks in the national capital region that already have approved white-tailed deer management plans. The parks are: Catoctin Mountain Park (Md.), Rock Creek Park (D.C.), Antietam National Battlefield (Md.), Manassas National Battlefield Park (Va.) and Monocacy National Battlefield (Md.). For more information visit the project website at www.parkplanning.nps.gov/NHPdeermanagement. www.nps.gov/ncro |
Last updated: April 10, 2015