Wild Pennsylvania: Deer Management
Discusses issues of maintaining the delicate balance betwen deer and their habitat in Pennsylvania.
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Includes:
- History of deer management in Pennsylvania
- No restrictions on deer hunting lead to low deer density levels.
- Low levels helped start the Pennsylvania Game Commission in 1895 which reintroduced deer into Pennsylvania.
- 1940 was the last time that deer denisity level meet their target in Pennsylvania.
- Demonstration Areas
- Examples of good and bad deer habitats
- Deer Fencing
Provides insight from the USDA Forest Service, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Natural Resources Consultants, inc., and the D.M.O.C (Deer Management Outreach Community) on deer management issues.
Funding provided by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
Date Published: 1998
By: Wild Pennsylvania #109, Penn State University
Duration: 26:32
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