https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Hunt/cdac
Share your views on deer management and help make a difference in your DMU.
CDAC charter:
Gather public opinion on deer populations and goals, antlerless quotas and herd management strategies.
Review and consider scientific metrics on deer herd trends, impacts to habitat and agriculture and human-deer interactions.
Provide the department with recommendations on deer population objectives, antlerless quotas and herd management strategies.
Each Deer Management Unit (DMU) in Wisconsin has a Citizen Deer Advisory Council (CDAC) to provide input and recommendations to the department on deer management within their unit. Councils work with local department staff to schedule meetings, provide community outreach and an opportunity for public input, review population data and deer impacts on forests and agriculture, develop three-year recommendations on unit population objectives and create annual antlerless harvest quotas.
CDAC Public Participation Guidelines
Citizen Deer Advisory Councils (CDACs) revolve around public input – it gives each council a better idea of how DMU citizens want their deer to be managed. The public is welcome to attend any CDAC meeting and provide input. Citizens may speak at council meetings or simply submit written comments about issues that come before the council.
What is appropriate for a public appearance?
A public appearance means testifying on items that ARE on the current CDAC agenda. Public appearances cannot be made on the following:
Agenda items that are presented for information only, on which the council takes no action.
Public Appearance Guidelines
Speakers may comment during the Public Comment period.
Organizations are limited to one spokesperson per agenda item.
You will have a maximum time limit of 3 minutes, set by the Chair.
Council members may ask you questions after your presentation.
If you wish to speak on a more complex issue, consider emailing or mailing written comments to the council for review prior to the CDAC meeting.