Okotoks to form task force to manage deer interactions

Officials with the Town of Okotoks have approved a plan to establish a task force to help balance the community's deer population and the well-being of its residents. The group is being formed because officials say there an increasing number of reports of people coming into contact with the animals. "With the Sheep River valley being a major wildlife corridor, the instances of human/deer interaction are on the rise," said mayor Bill Robertson in a release. "Forming this task force will enable us