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.
May 29, 2024
There Goes the Neighborhood
White-tailed deer walking through boreal forest Photo Credit Melanie Dickie
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May 7, 2015
Will Climate Change Change Deer?
We have been using our GPS-collared deer to study how weather influences deer behavior. But what about the big picture of climate change. Will it affect deer and deer management?
January 31, 2024
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 24-3
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ———————————————————————————- From the Northern Crew: Greetings from the North. Last week we […]
June 25, 2023
Baby and Bathwater
I have a reminder set on my phone for the first of every month. It simply says, “Dog pills.” My […]
August 3, 2022
Gut Feeling
Summer is in the home stretch. And while we’ve been going to fairs, baseball games, and festivals, bucks and does […]
April 19, 2022
Ah-Choo
Ah spring! I look forward to it every year. Since adulthood, I am no longer a fan of winter. It […]
October 13, 2020
Synchronous Serendipity
While we have put the topic of fawn predation to bed on this blog, it’s still shows up. A recent […]
September 15, 2020
Phase IV- A fool’s errand
Duane’s COVID summer project centered around rats in the barn but it’s not hard to see the parallels to deer […]
March 2, 2020
Winter Babies
Those aren’t snowflakes on their back.
October 3, 2019
Did you see a deer today?
Did you see one yesterday?
June 21, 2019
Causing a Crash
Mother Nature can be quite harsh. How do deer respond to her curveballs?
April 26, 2019
Barking up the wrong tree
Coyotes, genes, and management?
January 20, 2019
World domination
The coyote’s scrappy cousin is mounting his own continental bid.
