HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-111 CU Deer Program AmendmentMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
October 6, 2025
TB Resolution 2025 - 111: Amend TB Resolution 2024-104 to allow archery equipment and clarify when non-archery season starts – Cornell Botanic Gardens Deer Management Program
Whereas the Town Board passed TB Resolution 2024-104 extending the prior Waiver for access through the Culver Road Preserve by the Cornell Botanic Gardens Deer Management Program (Program)
participants, with a condition setting the terms of the waiver from November 1st through April 30th of each year, through the 2026/2027 seasons, and
Whereas archery season begins on October 1st of each year in this region, and the Program has requested an amendment to the existing condition to allow archers to carry their equipment
beginning on October 1st of each year to manage the deer population, and
Whereas non-archery firearms are not allowed to be used by New York State regulations until the 3rdSaturday in November, as opposed to November 1 as the resolution currently reads,
now, therefore be it
Resolved that the Town Board amends TB Resolution 2024-104’s Condition 4 to read:4. This variance is valid through the 2026/2027 hunting seasons,from October 1st through April 30th for
archery hunting implements and from the third Saturday in November through April 30th, for non-archery, New York State approved firearms.
Moved: Rod HoweSeconded: Pamela Bleiwas
Vote: ayes – Howe, Bleiwas, Johnson, DePaolo and Levine