Résumé :
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Over the past 20 years, many metropolitan areas have been unable to avoid the issues created by the presence of deer in urban landsccapes. Efforts to manage urban deer have often faced public criticism about the safety, colt, effectiveness and efficiency of such programs. These concerns have arisen because management proposais have featured either traditional methods such as hunting or have focused on experimental techniques such as fertility control. In addition, management programs have often involved personnel from a variety of organizations and agencies, many of whom were not wildlife managers or, worse, had no experience or training with wildlife issues. Urban deer problems have also created new challenges for managers to determine human demands for deer in their lives and landscapes as well as resolve conflicts between contradictory values and beliefs about deer. Finally, practical yet quantitative evaluations of management efforts have not been available. The intent of this symposium was to document the history of activities in areas in which urban deer population concerns have been addressed. To this end symposium participants were chosen based on their having had first-hand experience with urban deer issues in management and/or research. Sites and programs with a history of active discussions about deer problems were selected as case studies. Papers on evaluating urban deer management methods were given higher preference when the methods had been implemented for at least a few years and data were available for evaluation. Some space has been devoted to recent innovative management methods and ideas.
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