The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has confirmed Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in whitetail deer Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Nassau, Oswego, Suffolk, and Ulster counties.
DEC is also tracking suspected cases in Albany, Jefferson, Oneida, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester counties plus new reports of dead deer to track the spread and estimate the number of deer succumbing to this disease. To date, DEC has received reports of approximately 700 dead deer. [Read more…] about Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Has Spread Widely in NYS
I have often been stopped in my tracks by the sight of a white-tailed doe standing in the lush summer grass. Depending on the sun’s slant, the animal’s coat is a rich shade of rusty brown or burnt orange. More delightful still is the sight of a fawn, reddish brown with scattered white dots. Deer are not the only creatures that start out spotted, but their speckled young may be among the prettiest that do. 
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