Resolve, To Create a Deer Predation Working Group
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2288

Legislative Document 
No. 2288 
H.P.1650 
House of Representatives, March 31,2008 
Resolve, To Create a Deer Predation Working Group 
Reported by Representative JACKSON of Allagash for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Resolve 2007, chapter 39. 
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Sec. 1. Deer predation working group. Resolved: That the Commissioner of 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall establish a deer predation working group to review 
and to recommend necessary revisions to the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife's predation control policy. 
The 8-member working group must include 
representatives from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the University of 
Maine System, an organization that represents the needs of Maine's forest products 
community, an organization that represents trappers, an organization that represents 
professional guides, an environmental organization, an organization that represents 
sportsmen and an organization that represents small woodlot owners in the State; and be 
it further 
Sec. 2. Duties. Resolved: That the working group shall consider: 
1. Methods of coyote control; 
2. Tools and devices to be employed in predation control; 
3. 
The protocol used by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to 
determine when and where to deploy animal damage control agents; 
4. 
The need and consequences of reducing the bear population 10 northern and 
eastern Maine to allow the deer population to recover; and 
5. The appropriate protocol for accomplishing bear reductions, if any, as determined 
under subsection 4. 
The policy and protocols developed by the working group must adequately consider 
and minimize impacts to nontarget species, especially threatened and endangered species; 
and be it further 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: 
That the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife shall report the working group's findings and recommendations and any 
recommended legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters no later than January 5, 2009. That 
joint standing committee may submit legislation related to the report to the First Regular 
Session of the I 24th Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve is a committee bill relating to the recommendations of the working 
group created by Resolve 2007, chapter 39. The resolve directs the Commissioner of 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish an 8-member deer predation working group to 
develop policies and protocols for the control of deer predation by coyotes and bear. The 
working group is directed to report its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 
committee ofthe Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters 
no later than January 5, 2009. The resolve authorizes the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters to submit 
legislation relating to the report to the First Regular Session ofthe 124th Legislature. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQl'IH.ED 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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Resolve, To Create a Deer Predation Working Group 
Fiscal Note for Original Bill 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the University of Maine System and the Department ofInland Fisheries and Wildlife associated 
with serving on the working group can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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