MontCo lawmaker wants deer culled from C&O Canal

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner wants the National Park Service to do something about the large populations of deer in the C&O Canal National Historic Park.

Residents in Potomac — Berliner’s district — who live next to the Gold Mine Tract of the C&O Canal National Historic Park have issued numerous complaints to the council about the hazards of the deer that wander out of the park and into their yards. Some residents have contracted Lyme disease, and the county averages 2,000 vehicle accidents a year that are caused by deer.