Useful Links

An island’s quest to get rid of its deer:
CBC Podcast about Mayne Island Fallow Deer –  Interview with Michael Kilpatrick December 2024

Mayne Island’s deer problem needs government action:
Times Colonist op ed by Malcolm Inglis January 2023

Mayne Island Conservancy – The Deer Problem

Too Many Deer – By Robin Jenkinson, Saltspring Exchange November 2025

Concise explainer of how deer densities affect plants, pollinators and birds:
📚 UBC Research Summary of Deer Herbivory across the Gulf Islands

Keynote address at the 2021 Galiano Conservancy AGM, shares bird and wildflower diversity impacts of over-browsing:
🦌 Video “Hyperabundant Island Deer” by Dr. Tara Martin

Poaching

Report gun shots heard – between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise – call the RCMP 250 629-6171

Report Poaching: 1-877-952-7277  or on the BC Reporting website.