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Article: ST. JOE STATE PARK WILL CLOSE TEMPORARILY FOR DEER HUNT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 19, 2007
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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
St. Joe State Park in Park Hills will be closed Dec. 8 and 9 for public safety reasons while special hunts are being conducted to alleviate deer overpopulations, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today.
By law, state parks are established as wildlife refuges and hunting is not permitted except under special circumstances. The special hunt is being used as a resource management tool because it has been determined that the deer population is too large for the environment and that resources in the park are being damaged.
"We have observed that the deer have been increasing in the park for ...