ELR Citation: ELR 20522
No(s). 3627-70 (D.D.C. Mar 13, 1970)

Controlled hunting, both with firearms and with bows and arrows, is a legitimate means of controlling deer population in a National Wildlife Preserve where there is a rational basis for concluding that the present number of deer endangers the preserve and neighboring privately owned lands, and where the administrative record shows ground for the rejection of alternative methods of animal control. Public recreation, including the controlled hunting of deer, is a valid secondary use of land in a National Wildlife Preserve.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Murdaugh Madden
910 17th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036

Counsel for Defendant
Robert M. Werdig Asst. United States Attorney
U.S. Courthouse
3rd & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001