Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:22:44 -0500 From: “Pamela Costenbader” <> Subject: deer As an organic farmer in the area I would like to add my two cents to the deer population debate. Chatham County has a huge deer population, they are part of our environment and I too loveContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:42:28 -0800 (PST) From: Amy W. Osborne Subject: tick born diseases Dr Dykers – i have read that the blood donation system does not screen for many of these, there are many more than the 3 you mentioned (I can name babesia bartonella and thereContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:19:44 -0500 From: Tom Winecoff Subject: Deer over-population Do we have an overpopulation of deer? Probably. Should we harvest more to control the population? NO! Nature seems to work really well when left alone. Wouldn’t you agree? The reason we have an overpopulation, or soContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:37:04 -0500 (EST) From: Doug Berg Subject: Eat more deer. I’ve been around Chatham long enough to remember when NC Wildlife was live-trapping deer in Butner and releasing them here. Inadvertently, the deer brought the ticks, and the ticks brought the pathogens. This accidental releaseContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:40:52 -0500 From: Matthew Arnsberger Subject: deer in Chatham Simon, Thanks for your thoughts on tick-borne diseases (TBD’s). I have been treated for TBD’s five times in the last seven years, though we are not always certain that my symptoms were from tick diseases. SometimesContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:05:13 -0500 From: Debbie Roos Subject: farm photos We had a great turnout at our first Farm Show and Tell of the season at Piedmont Biofarm. You can see photos on Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/farmphotofeb1809..html Everyone seemed to really enjoy DougContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:45:51 -0500 From: Lisa Duff Subject: Low Cost Spay/Neuter in Pittsboro Spaying and neutering can make a huge difference to the health and wellbeing of animals!  Pet Overpopulation Patrol North Carolina (POP-NC) brings low cost, high quality veterinary care to your neighborhood!  We provide lowContinue Reading