Originally Posted by
bluebird2
The deer are being used as scapegoats by DCNR to cover for the many years of poor forestry practices and to avoid doing what is necessary to get the advanced regeneration they desire.
If deer are the the factor that has the biggest impact on regeneration (as your post illustrates) then they're not scapegoats, they're the cause. "Many years of poor forestry practices"....I would say "Many decades of poor deer management practices."