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A deer hunt held this year at Loch Raven Reservoir netted more than 2,200 pounds of venison for the Maryland Food Bank. "This is a wonderful way to waste not, want not," said Nancy Smith, government relations liaison with the food bank. "It is so hard to get protein donated. We really utilized this meat." For the first time, Baltimore County allowed sharpshooters with rifles, who were hired by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, into the northern area of the watershed, where the unchecked deer population was destroying vegetation. The goal was to eliminate about 250 of the estimated 1,000 deer in the area. Carcasses were immediately taken to a processing plant, which prepared the meat for the food distributor. "We probably provided about 10,000 meals with this meat," said David Carroll, Baltimore County director of sustainability.
- Mary Gail Hare
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