[Press Release] : City will hold bow hunter orientation, registration sessions

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Tony St. Romaine, Assistant City Manager - (573) 874-7214

City will hold bow hunter orientation, registration sessions

COLUMBIA, MO (July 28, 2009) - The city of Columbia will conduct three
hunter orientation and registration sessions for citizens interested in
bow hunting deer on designated city properties as part of the city’s
deer management program. The sessions are open to the public at no
charge.

The one-hour sessions will be held at the Activity and Recreation
Center, 1701 West Ash Street. The following sessions are the only times
when city hunting permits will be issued.
●	Saturday, August 22, at 8:30 a.m.
●	Wednesday, September 9, at 3 p.m.
●	Wednesday, September 9, at 6 p.m.

Bow hunting will be permitted during two seasons: 
●	September 15 - November 13, 2009
●	November 25, 2009 - January 15, 2010 

Hunting will be permitted at the sanitary landfill; Grindstone Nature
Area; a portion of Twin Lakes Recreation Area; Smith Park on the
southwest corner of Waco Road and Brown Station Road; and at sewer
utility property on Strawn Road, Coats Lane and Bainbridge Drive. The
City Council will consider adding additional properties at its Aug. 17
meeting.

To hunt at the designated locations, hunters must attend one of the
three orientation sessions and obtain a permit that they must carry
while hunting on city property and accompanying permit that must be
displayed in vehicles using designated parking areas. Hunters shall also
follow all relevant Missouri Department of Conservation rules,
regulations and requirements related to hunting.

Since it began in 2004, the deer management program has averaged more
than 230 hunters per year. Further details about the program are posted
on the city's Web site at
www.GoColumbiaMo.com/ParksandRec/Parks_and_Facilities/fishreg.php#hunting.
For more information, contact Tony St. Romaine, assistant city manager,
at 
(573) 874-7214.

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