PELHAM, AL (WIAT-TV) - There are few things as beautiful as watching a deer walking along the edge of the woods. And it's site often seen along the golf course at Oak Mountain State Park ... Many would say too often. There are so many deer in fact, the animals are underfed and in poor health. "We've got deer maybe two years old that might weight 50-60 pounds. I've got a dog bigger than that," says park superintendent Vicky Nelson ... ... Nelson lives inside the park and sees the
Conservations officers in Tuscaloosa County found the bodies of seven dead deer lying beside a rural road. Several of the animals had been decapitated. But meat on all of the carcasses were left unmutilated. Conservation officer Lt. Todd Draper says the crime is being investigated as a criminal littering case right now, but he says the charges could escalate. Especially if the animals were killed by hunters spotlighting, trespassing, or shooting on a road ... Draper believes the deer
Deer-motorist collisions have become an increasing problem near parks and especially near Fort McClellan. There, a controlled hunt is planned on the former Army base to help trim the population ... Not a new method to those in the area, after ... O ak ... M ountain ... S tate ... P ark started similar hunts four years ago as increases in developments pushed more deer into the park boundaries ... Oak Mountain State Park Ranger Matthew Crum says deer are being pushed out of their previous
Head to Oak Mountain State Park this weekend for a nature themed Holiday Craft and Back Sale. Admission is $3 ... Scope out nature-lover gifts and see Santa ...
Have you traveled the road to Pea Vine Falls at Oak Mountain State Park? Stayed in a stone cabin at Cheaha State Park? Visited the Moundville Archeological Museum south of Tuscaloosa? These were built by the CCC, often called “Roosevelt’s Tree Army,” during the Great Depression ... The CCC (the Civilian Conservation Corps) was one of the federal make-work projects of the era, one that did a lot of good for forests, recreation, and the men for whom it provided short-term jobs. Between 1933
More than 50 police officers and investigators from a dozen different agencies came together at Oak Mountain State Park Wednesday morning ... The park would serve as the training ground for a unique training scenario that would challenge each each agency to work in tandem with other agencies to solve a grisly murder ... The scenario: an Iraq war veteran is suspected of killing his wife and child in Tennessee ... The suspect in that investigation has ties to Alabama and has come to Oak Mountain