Originally Posted by
bluebird2
The DCNR does not do a good job of getting advanced oak regeneration and they admit it in their browse study and DMAP enrollment reports where they state that they have severe problems dealing with competing vegetation.
You're wrong.I can show wuite a few areas where the advanced oak regeneration is just fine.They have a very hard time getting it in the lower elevations where the deer migrate to during bad winters.If they fence these areas or if the winters are mild,the deer spread out and use more of the available habitat,allowing those areas to regenerate.When we have just one or two bad winters following a timber sale or sheltwood cut,the cuts on the high ridgtops don't get toched and they regenerate just fine.The areas in the lowlands get hammered unless their fenced.