Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Iron County to hold hearing on temporary deer farm ban

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — Iron County is considering implementing a temporary moratorium on importation and raising of cervids in the county, with the Iron County Comprehensive Planning and Zoning Committee deciding Tuesday to schedule a public hearing on the issue.

The temporary ban would allow the county to consider how it wants to handle any potential deer farms that may consider locating in the county.

“Just to remind you, this doesn’t mean no deer farms ever. This is a one-year block on deer farms for us to figure out what we want to do,” Zoning Ad...

 
 
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