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Meetings of the Ashdown Area Deer Forum
The Ashdown Area Deer Forum (AADF) was
set up in 2006 to provide a forum on deer in the area and with the
objectives of reducing the number of deer Road Traffic Collisions
(RTCs) and ensuring the welfare of a healthy, local deer population.
It includes representatives from the Deer Initiative, East Sussex County Council, the RSPCA, the British Deer Society, Sussex Police, and local land-owners or managers such as the Ministry of Defence and the Conservators. The immediate reason for the Group's formation is the rise in deer RTCs, at least 330 in 2006. Most casualties are fallow deer, with the occasional roe and muntjac. The AADF has succeeded in (a) improving deer warning signage on the A22, (b) established, via funding from ESCC, a deer warden scheme covering East Sussex and (c) in April 2009 a deer management group, The West High Weald Deer Management Group (WHWDMG) to co-ordinate activities between landowners / managers. To contact the administrator of the WHWDMG please contact John Rich on jjosrich@btinternet.com For all other deer matters contact Hew Prendergast, chair of the AADF on hew@ashdownforest.org 
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Press release : September 2006 Click here to download Patrol Magazine containing an article on the Deer Warden Scheme Click here for tha summarised results of the Deer Questionnaire Deer questionnaire introductory letter click here Deer questionnaire area map click here Deer questionnaire click here |
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