thank you for sharing the update.
Once I experienced first hand the obvious lack of deer in the section of 3m I hunt, I emailed wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov to voice my concerns. Not sure if it helps but figured the more vocal people about it the better. They did respond with "(we) will adapt our management plans as necessary to address any population reductions that are not in alignment with our goals."
The key word in the response is "goals". I know nothing DEC can do to stop the EHD itself but I am realizing they wanted a fraction of the deer in 3m suburbia already, that must explain their apathy.