Bill > H3562

This bill authorizes an independent scientific organization to conduct a study and survey of the forest, wildlife, and environmental health of the Blue Hills Reservation. The study will focus on potential reasons for declining forest health, the deer population and the effectiveness of hunting as a means of culling large deer populations, the health of plant and insect life, the effect of ecological and climate changes, and proposed solutions to improve the overall health of the reservation. The study must be completed and reported to the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife within one year, and a moratorium on the continuation and further implementation of the Blue Hills Reservation deer management program and any controlled deer hunting in the reservation will be in place until the findings of the study have been reviewed by the departments.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3562