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From:Clerk of the Board
To:Bennett, Robin; Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan;
Kimmelshue, Tod; Kitts, Melissa; Lee, Lewis; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney, Kathleen;
Teeter, Doug; Zepeda, Elizabeth; York, Danette
Cc:Thompson, William
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Deer crossing Midway
Date:Monday, June 17, 2024 1:19:52 PM
Please see Board Correspondence -
From: Janet Fealk <jfealk@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2024 9:19 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Deer crossing Midway
I walk and run my dogs multiple days a week along the bike trail. I've talked with neighbors who live
along the trail and we've all noticed an increased number of deer crossing Midway around Marybill
Ranch Road between Chico and Durham. At least six(!!) deer have been killed around that area
(including two babies). I've been told by Butte County Animal Control and Chico Animal Control that
they can no longer pick up injured or deceased wildlife so the deer are decomposing along Midway
and the bike trail (they are on both sides of Midway). (The first deer was not picked up by Animal
Control even though people knew the location because law enforcement had to come shoot the
deer after a motorcyclist called to report a car had hit the deer - they left it there to decompose
since winter - the bones remain right next to the bike trail along with other carcasses).
Along with feeling sadness every time I pass them (I know where each is located) and watching them
slowly decompose, they also smell and present further danger for scavengers who come to feed on
the carcass because they've also been hit (I saw a bird that had been hit near one of the deer). I run
early in the morning and saw three deer during a recent run just south of Marybill Ranch Road
crossing Midway, and just this morning, I saw a deer near the intersection of Midway and Oro-Chico
Highway running through the orchards. The speed limit is already fast and cars speed; if drivers
don't know that deer cross in this area, they have no time to react.
**Please consider providing additional funding to Butte County Animal Control so they can again
pick up injured and deceased wildlife. Additionally, please please consider placing signs along
Midway warning drivers that this is a deer crossing. It's heartbreaking to see so many deer (and
especially babies) deceased along the road. Thank you.
Janet Fealk