HomeMy WebLinkAboutEast End Deer ManagementOFFICE LOCATION:
Town Hall Annex
54375 State Route 25
(cor. Main Rd. & Youngs Ave.)
Southold, NY 11971
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MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Telephone: 631 765-1938
Fait: 631 765-3136
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
MEMORANDUM
To: Supervisor Scott Russell
Town of Southold Town Board
From: Mark Terry, Principal Planner VI
LWRP Coordinator
Date: February 11, 2014
Re: Town of Southold Town Code Chapter 268 Waterfront Consistency Review and consistency
recommendation for The Town of Southold Town Board to contribute $25,000 to the Long Island
Farm Bureau for the East End Deer Management Project on agricultural farm parcels located in
the Town of Southold.
The proposed action has been reviewed to Chapter 268, Waterfront Consistency Review of the Town of
Southold Town Code and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) Policy Standards. Based
upon the information provided to this department as well as the records available to me, it is my
recommendation that the proposed action is CONSISTENT with the below referenced LWRP Policy
Standard and therefore is CONSISTENT with the LWRP.
12.1 Protect agricultural lands from conversion to other land uses.
C. Protect existing agricultural use and production from adverse impacts due to:
3. environmental changes which are likely to reduce agricultural productivity or
quality, including, but not limited to, changes in groundwater quantity and
quality.
The reduction of agricultural productivity (crops) from damage and loss due to grazing and
trampling from whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has occurred in the Town of Southold.
The impacts are a result of an increase in current deer populations (deer/mile2) over historical
populations and corresponding pressure to find food sources. The rise in population is mostly
attributed to the greater availability of cover or ideal habitat within the Town.
Pursuant to Chapter 268, the Town Board shall consider this recommendation in preparing its written
determination regarding the consistency of the proposed action.
Cc: Martin Finnegan, Town Attorney
Jennifer Andaloro, Assistant Town Attorney