Apply for a Deer Planning Seat in Your County
Want to make a difference in deer management in your county?
Now is the time to apply for County Deer Advisory Council seats. The application period for each county is open until July 1, 2020.
Council members meet annually to review deer management data, gather public input from citizens and provide recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board regarding deer management decisions in their county.
Councils include representatives in the following areas of expertise: agriculture, forestry, tourism, transportation, hunting, land management and local government. Both hunters and non-hunters are encouraged to apply for vacancies, but applicants must have experience or involvement with at least one of these seven stakeholder categories.
All council seats are open to new applicants. Many people who sat in those seats for the past few years are reapplying, but those interested will have the opportunity to compete for any seat. If selected, you would serve for three years and during that time will have a great deal of responsibility in helping manage deer in your county.
CDACs were established in 2014 and continue to provide an excellent venue to develop county-specific deer population objectives and herd management strategies through public involvement. In doing so, council members review and consider a variety of metrics on deer herd trends, impacts to habitat and various human-deer interactions.
For more information regarding CDACs and to find the application, visit dnr.wi.gov and search keyword "CDAC."