WHEREAS local governments are experiencing significant costs, controversy, and difficulty implementing committee recommendations in attempting to manage provincial urban wildlife, especially deer, in their communities: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM ask the Province to resume their responsibility andor provide adequate funding to effectively manage and mitigate the impacts of urban wildlife and in particular ungulates within the boundaries of municipalities, including the issuance of tickets for violations under any wildlife attractants bylaw.
Ministry of Forests, Lands Natural Resource Operations The Province believes that there isnt any single solution to all urban deer issues because every community differs in geography, urban wildlife population and handling capacity for extant wildlife. The Province is committed to partnering with local governments to facilitate the development of socially acceptable urban deer management solutions. Ministry staff assist communities in managing urban wildlife conflicts in a number of ways, including participation on community-based planning committees, provision of technical advice, development of hunting regulations, issuing permits to manage urban wildlife populations and loaning available equipment to communities as required. Several communities have already made good progress in developing community-owned management plans. The Province will continue to work with local communities across the Province to help them manage urban deer conflicts.