ML's deer committee to draft feeding ordinance, conduct deer counts

The Medical Lake Citizens Deer Advisory Committee took a couple of steps toward addressing the city’s deer population at its Nov. 12 meeting.

One of those steps included the draft of an ordinance that would prohibit Medical Lake residents from intentionally feeding the deer within city limits.

Candace Bennett, Wildlife Conflict Specialist for Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and committee chair Russ Brown explained that there is a statewide ordinance that prohibits residents from intentionally feeding large carnivores.

There were concerns on whether or not the City Counci...