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• All agents will be informed whether or not they have been selected, via telephone call, letter or e-mail. • All selected agents will be required to pass a marksmanship proficiency test and attend an orientation program on or about October 29, 2022. • If information about one or more agents is requested by the general public through an Open Public Records Act request, the agents' names, addresses, and other personal identifiers will be redacted by the County of Essex from all requested documentation. The County of Essex has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen's personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy. SCHEDULING OF AGENTS • Applicants are required to indicate their availability for program activities on the Agent Application. • A schedule, assigning hunters to a specific park or parks and to particular days and shifts, will be set and distributed to all agents, based on the availability of agents as indicated on their applications. • The program is scheduled to occur on Tuesdays between January 10 and February 14 at South Mountain Reservation and on Thursdays between January 12 and February 16 at the Hilltop Reservation. • In the event of inclement weather, as judged by the Dire_ctorof the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, program activities may be postponed to February 21 or February 28 for South Mountain Reservation and February 23 or March 2 for Hilltop Reservation. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION • The County of Essex will again utilize press releases, signage and mailings to inform the general public of the details of this program. • All informational signage and documents will clearly state the schedule by which the Deer Management Program will operate for each property. PROGRAM OPERATION • Baiting stations will be set up in a multitude of locations throughout South Mountain Reservation and the Hilltop Reservation. • Baiting stations will be carefully selected to provide the marksman with a clear and open view of the deer. • Agents must utilize 12 gauge shotguns with telescopic sights, shooting only slugs. • All shooting will occur from portable tree stands, shooting near or over bait, with hunters positioned on platforms at least 20 feet above the ground. Agents must provide their own stands. The use

. • All shooting will occur from portable tree stands, shooting near or over bait, with hunters positioned on platforms at least 20 feet above the ground. Agents must provide their own stands. The use of ladder stands is not permissible. • In order to achieve a reduction in population size as quickly as possible, a bias for the taking of deer will be adhered to again, in the following order - injured or sick deer, does, fawns, antlerless bucks, antlered bucks. • The antlers of any antlered buck harvested will be cut off and retained by the County or destroyed. • At any one time, up to 14 agents may be deployed into the South Mountain Reservation and 8 in the Hilltop Reservation. • Agents will not be restricted as to the number of deer each individual can harvest. • Some park roads and the access drives to some park areas will be closed during program activities. DISPOSITION OF DEER • Harvested deer will be transported to a County-operated, NJDFW-supervised check station at a location within a County park where agents will clean the deer and complete reports about the age, sex, and weight of the deer, the disposition of all shots fired, and the number of volunteer man-hours expended. • All deer will be transported by the County to a NJDOH-approved butcher for processing. • Any agent who completes at least seven (7) shifts of voluntary service to this program will receive 40 pounds of dressed venison at the conclusion of the program . • The remainder of the venison will be distributed to the needy and the homeless through the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Page 3 of 3