No one said there were alot of deer in that area.I have seen some of the recentclearcuts and you're right,some of them do look better.That's because the deer herd is down.Go look at the clearcut between Mitch's and the interstate,the one where they took the fence down two years ago.It's looks like that because it was fenced for over 15 years.I used to live in Rockton.During the early 90's,i drove that road every night on my way home from work at about 11:00pm.It was noting to see 100 deer from the top of the mountain to Mitches.That amount of deer was insane and that's why we have such poor habitat.Look at the clearcuts over 5 years oldthat were cut and not fenced.You'd be hard pressed to find one piece of prefered browse growing.See if you can find any stump sprouts surviving in that area that are over 5 years old.I bet you can't.

The habitat is starting to look better because there's alot less deer now than there was 10 years ago.That was the plan and it's working but it won't happen overnight.When you see wide open woods with no understory except ferns,you're looking at poor habitat caused by too many deer.When you drive past Mitches and hit the intersection of rt 322 and153,look strait ahead.If that's not deer damage,I don't know what is.