Health care providers at the island's health center say that over the last eight years the island, which has a year-round population of about 600, has seen 69 cases of Lyme disease — enough to quality the outbreak as an epidemic.
There are an estimated 500 deer occupying the terrestrial 14.3 square miles of the island (35 deer per square mile).
Source: Bangor Daily News
UPDATE 26 August 2011: Last Wednesday, voters approved a measure to kill about 400 of the about 500 deer on the island.
Source: Bangor Daily News
