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.
December 20, 2021
Christmas Cookies
The holiday season is upon us. We have made it through Thanksgiving and deer season and are rolling full steam […]
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September 20, 2021
She doesn’t look a day over 6
Back in August I received a mortality signal from one of our collared deer in the Susquehannock State Forest, Doe […]
February 22, 2021
The Real Does of the Deer Forest Study: Love and Loss
When last we left Doe 12866, she had fawned in the little State College woodlot 6+ miles from her established […]
August 10, 2020
Berries, birds, and the best way to eat
It’s berry season! I look forward to it every year. I have access to ACRES of berries, and I take […]
June 19, 2020
Growing Bones and Babies
You are what you eat – and deer depend on the quality of the plants they consume to survive, grow, […]
February 17, 2020
Periodic Table
Soil chemistry, plants, and fancy head gear.
April 26, 2019
Barking up the wrong tree
Coyotes, genes, and management?
January 14, 2019
My, what special teeth you have
Fish, reptiles, and amphibians all have teeth, but mammal have taken it to a whole new level.
September 27, 2018
Keeping Resolutions – Part 2
Now that the outside of my gun was up to snuff, it was time to focus on what was going into it.
March 12, 2018
David and Goliath
David could have been just as big as Goliath.
May 18, 2016
LGS
What is “LGS” and Why Should we Care?
May 10, 2016
Tomorrow’s Trees Today
Dwight Yoakam brought us Tomorrow’s Sounds Today 16 years ago. Penn’s woods have been bringing us Tomorrow’s Trees Today for centuries.
April 28, 2016
Fun Fact Friday
Never lose a race to an antelope.