Originally Posted by
bluebird2
The point you are missing is that the current DMP has nothing to do with the number of deer the habitat can support. It is simply about the number of deer that the habitat can support so DCNR can get the desired regeneration of commercially valuable species of trees.
That's true in our state forests.They are managing the deer on our state forest at a level low enough so they don't have to fence.The sad thing is,that level wouldn't have to be as low as it is if the herd wasn't allowed to devistate the habitat for as long as they did.