While you and others may view this as a whitewash,from my perspective the audit completely undermines the credibility of the current DMP. The three main criteria the PGC claims to use to manage the herd are herd health, forest health and deer/human conflicts as determined by the CACs.

The audit stated that the PGC's method for determining herd health was flawed and should be replaced by other methods. They also state that the method for determining forest health was flawed because of inadequate sampling. Then they criticize the CACs for not being objective while at the same time criticizing three PGC for not complying with the CAC's findings.


IMHO the audit shows the PGC's DMP is fatally flawed and needs major revisions. That is much more than I expected from the audit.