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.
November 12, 2019
Grounded
Needlessly weighing down wildlife
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March 4, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-6
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: At the end of last week, we […]
February 26, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-5
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Trapping hit a lull this week while […]
February 18, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-4
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: We’ve been pretty busy with deer captures […]
February 12, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-3
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-3 [Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Today […]
February 1, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-2
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: We saw some promising deer activity across […]
January 26, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-1
It’s that time of year again. Our crews are up and running. Let the captures begin! [Comments in brackets are […]
January 12, 2021
No Such Thing
For many of us, winter can also be called “waiting for spring.” Unlike our Nordic friends, most of us do […]
January 5, 2021
January Blues?
Many look forward to December 11 months of the year. If we surveyed the general populace as to why, the […]
December 21, 2020
Drooling for Evidence
Picture this: a death is reported to authorities, but they find only 1 bone, can’t interview anyone about what happened, […]
October 28, 2020
Old Spice
While approaching traps, I could sometimes tell we had been successful before the trap even came into view. It wasn’t […]
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 […]
May 28, 2020
Best of times and the worst of times
In the field, most days you are blessed. But some days you’re cursed.