The study is a collaboration between GVSU, Kent County, and the county’s road commission, and was launched last month with an online public survey, gathering community input on deer-related issues.
“It’s quite a large study. Our aim is to try and take a holistic approach to understand what’s going on with the deer in Kent County and how people are perceiving deer and what human interactions with deer are costing.”
GVSU researcher Dr. Ali Locher says this is done by investigating three facets: ecological – how the deer are thriving? Social – how people feel about deer? And economic – how much are deer incidents costing the public?…