About the Deer-Forest Study
Pennsylvania forests face many challenges - invasive plants, insect outbreaks, soil acidity, tree diseases, and even deer. This study is being conducted to better understand the role of deer in the context of all these challenges and to help Pennsylvania’s forest and wildlife managers better manage deer and the forest.
June 5, 2018
What I hate about my job…
Nobody loves every aspect of their job and if they say they do, they are lying.
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May 18, 2018
Who is Eating Bambi? – Webinar
We have been focusing on fawn survival across the country. Check out what’s happening at home!
May 16, 2018
Downside of Eating Dirt
Lots of species partake but where you snack may kill you.
Who is Eating Bambi? – North America Edition
Get ready for the big continental reveal.
Don’t Run that Way!
The escape route of a screaming teen being chased by chainsaw-wielding madman is always questionable.
May 8, 2018
A Million Ways to Die
Fawns will find every way imaginable to die. And we’ve catalogued almost all.
Land of the Living
Fawns live (and die) across an impressive chunk of North America.
May 4, 2018
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 114
Less like crews, more like lone rangers.
May 2, 2018
Fawns, Predators, and Deer Populations – what’s the bottom line on fawn survival?
We just completed a second fawn survival study, as well as a study of their predators. And we are going to tell you everything!
April 28, 2018
Bunches, Heaps, and Gobs of Fawns
From the corn fields of South Dakota to the forests of Pennsylvania, fawn survival has been studied for over four decades.
April 26, 2018
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 113
Winter just won’t leave!
April 23, 2018
Admiring from Afar
For the last several months, we have had a “close” relationship with our study animals. Now we will be viewing them from a distance.