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Urban deer survey includes high level overview
Letter to the Editor
RE: Cranbrook Urban Deer Survey
The City of Cranbrook has been fielding a few questions from interested residents about the upcoming urban deer survey, specifically around how the survey was created and the questions were determined.
The upcoming survey, which is available on Monday March 10, is different than the survey conducted in 2010. First it is significantly shorter (at 17 questions) than the 2010 version, which I think will make it more appealing to people to respond to. A few of the questions are carry forwards from 2010, but the majority of the questions are new.
The survey also provides a short preamble in the introduction that gives respondents a high level overview of what the city has done around urban deer management since 2010 including the culls conducted in 2011 and 2013. The introduction also encourages residents to review the reports and documents on our website under ‘Urban Deer’ for more information, if they wish.
The survey questions were generated through a brainstorming process conducted by the Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee, including two members of city council and in consultation with staff from the Ministry of Forest, Land and Natural Resource Operations, including a current and a retired wildlife biologist. The final draft of the survey was provided to city council by resolution of the Urban Deer Management Advisory Committee for deliberation and was approved at council’s regular meeting on February 17.
The survey is intended to provide residents an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the current deer management program and provide input to council on future direction of this initiative.
The survey will be available to the public both on the city’s website and through a paper version at city hall starting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday March 10, and closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday March 28.
Chris Zettel, Corporate Communications Officer City of Cranbrook
