Parks Canada to proceed with multi\u002Dmillion\u002Ddollar cull after property owners on Sidney Island narrowly approved it
The cull and continued management of the black-tailed deer population represents the majority of the overall contract, about $4.5 million, according to Parks Canada.
Parks Canada controls about 440 hectares on the north end of the island — including Sidney Spit — as part of Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. It’s leading the restoration initiative with the First Nations of the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council, Pauquachin First Nation, the province, Islands Trust Conservancy and strata residents.Article content
Their numbers grew to the thousands in the 1980s, damaging Garry oak meadows, Douglas firs and dozens of native plant species, including “medicine plants” beneficial to First Nations, said Pelkey. Clarkson said Sidney Island is considered one of the least ecologically diverse islands in the Gulf Islands because of the deer and invasive plants.
Clarkson said representatives of the B.C. SPCA will be present as observers during the eradication on the ground. “We have been working closely with the animal-care community to ensure that plans are focused on causing as little stress as possible [on the fallow deer],” she said.
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