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RAMSEY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT � <br />densities above that level leads to vegetation damage. The number of areas with high deer densities <br />has increased over the years to include most parks with natural habitats. <br />The RCPRD has used archery as its main deer control tool. Hunts have been conducted at 11 <br />locations. Records of these hunts are on file at the RCPRD. Sharpshooting was used once in the <br />South Maplewood/Highwood area. This was a cooperative program with the Cities of St. Paul and <br />Maplewood. <br />Objectives <br />The objectives of the Cooperative Deer Management Program are: <br />1. To maintain a deer herd at levels that will not affect the diversity of plants in the parks or alter the <br />rate of natural succession. <br />2. To assist the municipalities in reducing deer/car collisions and other local deer complaints. <br />3. To maintain a deer herd at a level that minimizes damage to landscape plantings on County <br />property. <br />4. To maintain a healthy deer herd on those sites large enough to sustain them. <br />�Vhite Tailed Deer in Battle Creek <br />16 <br />� <br />