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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Rick. I think the bucks will have a pretty large lobby. It’s the doe restriction removals that need support.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Celia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Richard Johnstone <ivmpartners@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 05, 2019 10:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ossi, Damien (DOEE) <damien.ossi@dc.gov><br><b>Cc:</b> MAIPC Listserve (maipc@lists.maipc.org) <maipc@lists.maipc.org>; Celia V. Martin <celiavmartin@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] FW: MD 15 year Deer Hunting Master Plan Under Consideration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I agree with the need for more deer harvesting by archers in highly populated areas, but to encourage new hunters I disagree with removing antler point restrictions. Bow hunters should have the opportunity to harvest a mature buck, which is an increased incentive for our young to learn the sport.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rick Johnstone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:05 AM Ossi, Damien (DOEE) <<a href="mailto:damien.ossi@dc.gov">damien.ossi@dc.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Forwarding on behalf of Ms. Martin:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Subject: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>MD 15 year Deer Hunting Master Plan Under Consideration; Requesting that those who want a balanced ecosystem testify in person or write emails to remove bag limits on antlerless doe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear MAIPC,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have attached the letter I am sending to MD DNR since I cannot attend the meetings. I have also attached a deer study from December, 2012 which M-NCPPC commissioned and was funded as a joint venture with neighbors. The park under study was Little Falls Stream Valley in the southernmost part of MoCo. It found 69 deer per square mile; 15-18 is considered appropriate for a balanced ecosystem. Please feel free to use this study in your face to face testimony and email me with any questions about it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear MD DNR,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I support deer management and oppose the current bow restrictions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We all know deer populations in Montgomery County are too high, leading to increasing deer-car collisions, the impossibility for our neighborhoods to support native life with native plants, and ecosystem destruction in our parks. Our local park is the southernmost in Montgomery County, and has 69 deer per square mile based on a 2014 study; 15 is the limit for a balanced ecosystem. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Our state should utilize a best practices deer management plan. It is a mistake to apply the same bag limits for all the deer from Washington County to the Atlantic Ocean. The problems in our suburban areas of deer-caused car accidents and native destruction is high, but the number of experienced urban/suburban archers is more limited, and deer can’t be managed effectively under current limitations. Such a ‘one size fits all’ limitations practice would suggest that special interests are having outsized influence on our state policies. I’m sure that is not DNRs or the State’s desired image.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>To utilize best practices in a permanent deer management program, we should: restore the unlimited antlerless limit in the Suburban Archery Corridor covering Montgomery, Howard, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore counties; review and raise the buck limit; remove antler-point restrictions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Best practices should be used throughout the State, and given the high density of deer in Montgomery County, we need a permanent Suburban Archery Corridor allowing the harvest of unlimited archery antlerless deer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Celia Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>MoCo Weed Warrior Supervisor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>And this further information from the Director of Animal Connection Deer Management Team:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Subject:</b> Time to Tell MD DNR antlerless deer limits are bad for Montgomery County <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We all know deer populations in Montgomery County are much too high, leading to increasing deer-car collisions, lyme disease, and damage to both natural and maintained vegetation. Unfortunately, recent actions by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have made it harder for us to use archery hunting to reduce the deer population. We can’t allow Eastern Shore hunters who aren’t seeing enough deer continue to dictate how we control deer populations in Montgomery County. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The Maryland DNR is holding four sessions seeking comment for their next 15 year deer management plan and is open to online comments comments as well. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is not comments directly on next year’s deer regulations. That will come later. However, comments on this plan will influence their planning for next year’s limit. Quoting the announcement: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>"<span style='color:#333333;background:white'>The </span><a href="http://dnr.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none'>Maryland Department of Natural Resources</span></a><span style='color:#333333;background:white'> is seeking public comment on the state’s management of white-tailed deer. The input will be used to help revise the state’s </span><a href="https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/hunt_trap/Comments/Deer_Management_Plan/How-to-Comment.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none'>deer management plan</span></a><span style='color:#333333;background:white'> for the next 15 years, establishing long-term goals, and identifying specific objectives and strategies for achieving them."</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You can read full details at <a href="https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2019/01/28/public-input-sought-on-white-tailed-deer-management/?fbclid=IwAR3vD5dFIpRcJit2Tt9mOiU2FLWCRo1HS4xlO8oNcVKCBAgqOQEeb8CJWvk" target="_blank">https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2019/01/28/public-input-sought-on-white-tailed-deer-management/?fbclid=IwAR3vD5dFIpRcJit2Tt9mOiU2FLWCRo1HS4xlO8oNcVKCBAgqOQEeb8CJWvk</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is your opportunity to tell them that the new limits on anterless archery was a bad move for Montgomery County. I limited out (shot all the deer I was allowed) during archery season and came close in the other seasons in just 2-1/2 months of hunting. I shot 31 deer and had to stop hunting! I shot all of the 15 archery antlerless deer I was allowed. I shot all 3 bucks I was allowed. I shot 6 of 10 antlerless during gun season and 7 of 10 antlerless during muzzleloader season. I was unable to hunt during 2-1/2 months of archery season because of reduced bag limits DNR imposed this year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please tell DNR to restore the unlimited antlerless limit in the Suburban Archery Corridor <span style='color:#454545'>covering Montgomery, Howard, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore counties</span>. We also need a higher buck limit and removal of antler-point restrictions. Make this a permanent part of their deer management plan. It makes no sense to apply the same bag limits for all the deer from <span style='color:#454545'>Washington County to the Atlantic Ocean — 90% of Maryland’s area — as they do now. Either make a permanent </span>Suburban Archery Corridor allowing the harvest of unlimited archery antlerless deer or at least fix it for Montgomery County. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u>How to tell them:</u></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The best bet is both in person and online. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u>The closest session will be:</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#333333'>Central Region</span></b><span style='color:#333333'><br>Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.<br>New Town High School<br>4931 New Town Boulevard<br>Owings Mills, Maryland 21117</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <b><u>To provide online comments:</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a name="m_-7732196061149326151_m_894358715313071"><b>Deer Management Plan Survey</b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l8108m2" target="_blank">http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l8108m2#</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Other in-person sessions are: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#333333'>Eastern Region</span></b><span style='color:#333333'><br>Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.<br>Chesapeake College<br>Room 127, Health Professions and Athletics Center<br>1000 College Drive </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'>Wye Mills, Maryland 21679</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#333333'>Southern Region</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333'>Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.<br>College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus<br>Room 113, Business and Industry Building<br>8730 Mitchell Road<br>La Plata, Maryland 20646 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#333333'>Western Region</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#333333;background:white'>Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.</span><span style='color:#333333'><br><span style='background:white'>Mountain Ridge High School</span><br><span style='background:white'>100 Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Lane</span><br><span style='background:white'>Frostburg, Maryland 21532</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>----------------------------------------------------<br>Mark Eakin<br>Silver Spring, MD<br>Director, Animal Connection Deer Management Team<br><a href="http://acdmt.org/" target="_blank">http://acdmt.org</a><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>IVM Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. 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