Deer Research

[Ron Scott]

RE:  USFS DEER RESEARCH ADVANCES

Reading the Foodscape: Advances in White-Tailed Deer Habitat Management
Rooted in Research is a bimonthly publication of the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station that synthesizes key science findings and management implications of research conducted by Northern Research Station scientists and collaborators.
 
White-tailed deer have an interesting and complicated recent history. While widespread hunting nearly a century ago drastically reduced the species' population, conservation programs and regulated hunting have caused overall populations to rebound significantly. For decades, high-density deer populations have suppressed forest growth, decimated certain wildflower and shrub species, and degraded habitat for wildlife and recreation.
 

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Northern Research Station
USDA Forest Service
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726