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3/15/20
All Iowa City parks which were closed from 3 p.m. to dawn will be reopened to their normal hours on Monday after initial deer management operations were conducted for the last three weeks.
In order to reduce the deer population, White Buffalo, Inc. was hired to strategically and professionally carry out sharpshooting measures. A selection of parks were closed from 3 p.m. to dawn those three weeks to allow sharpshooting.
Since their operations have concluded for the calendar year, the below parks will be open for their normal hours starting Monday:
Thornberry Off Leash Dog Park and Peninsula Disc Golf Course, West end of Foster Road
Waterworks Prairie Park, 2875 N. Dubuque St.
City Park, 200 Park Road
The Ned Ashton House, 820 Park Road
Terrell Mill Park, 1209 N. Dubuque St.
Hickory Hill Park, 800 Conklin St., 1439 Bloomington St, and the intersection of First Ave. and Stuart Court.
Terry Trueblood Recreation Area (including Sand Lake trail), 579 McCollister Boulevard
Oakland Cemetery, 1000 Brown St.
It also includes areas on the University of Iowa campus:
Wooded area from Hawkins Drive to Mormon Trek Boulevard, including Lower Finkbine Trail (south of softball and track complex bordering Highway 6)
Wooded area north of Finkbine Golf Course
Wooded area bordering Ashton Cross County Course
Wooded area west of UI Sports Medicine Clinic (near Melrose Avenue at Hawkeye Park Road and Hawkeye Drive)
To learn more about Iowa City’s Deer Population Management Program, visit www.icgov.org/deerproject.