New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.4. Submission of deer management plan
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 23:4-42.4
- Hunting: means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Wildlife: means any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 23:1-1
Two or more municipalities may submit a single community based deer management plan for a special deer management area that covers more than one municipality.
The county board of agriculture or the division may request the Center for Wildlife Damage Control in the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers, The State University, to coordinate and facilitate the development of a community based deer management plan.
b. A community based deer management plan shall:
(1) delineate the boundaries of the special deer management area;
(2) describe the proposed alternative control methods to reduce the number of deer in the special deer management area, which may include the methods authorized pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2000, c.46 (C. 23:4-42.5);
(3) identify any organization that will participate in the implementation of the alternative control methods proposed in the plan, and describe its qualifications;
(4) describe the methods that will be used to notify the public, including residents located within and adjacent to the special deer management area, of the alternative control methods proposed in the plan and the specific times and the specific places when and where they will be used;
(5) describe the precautions that will be taken to ensure the safety of the public;
(6) document the written consent of each affected landowner for access to that person‘s land if access to private property is necessary to implement the plan;
(7) attach a resolution, adopted by the governing body of the municipality in which the special deer management area is located, which endorses the community based deer management plan, except this requirement shall not apply to a community based deer management plan submitted by a county governing body for lands owned by the county; and
(8) include such additional information as the division may determine to be necessary to properly review a community based deer management plan.
c. The division shall promptly review a community based deer management plan submitted pursuant to P.L.2000, c.46, and either approve the plan, approve the plan subject to modification, or disapprove the plan and return it to the applicant setting forth in writing the reasons for its decision. If the division approves a community based deer management plan, the division shall submit it to the Fish and Game Council for its review and action pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2000, c.46 (C. 23:4-42.5).
d. Whenever practicable, a community based deer management plan shall provide for the donation of deer in accordance with the venison donation program established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1997, c.268 (C. 23:4-42.7).
e. For the purposes of P.L.2000, c.46 (C. 23:4-42.3 et seq.), “alternative control method” or “alternative deer control method” means any technique, other than traditional hunting, employed to reduce a deer population, which may include, but need not be limited to, controlled hunting, shooting by an authorized agent, capture and euthanization, capture and removal, and fertility control.
L.2000, c.46, s.2; amended 2010, c.54, s.2.