BM: You really need to take the tour.

SGL #44 consists of 24,523 acres, of which 136 acres are already in food plots (goal is 250 acres). Trees grow fine there when the deer density is in check, but the soil is very poor for growing farm crops and requires a good deal of lime and fertilizer. It's very inefficient for the PGC to haul farming equipment up on the hill into the back woods, plus they have to maintain the equipment and pay someone to operate it. The supplemental feeding programs were abandoned long ago for many reasons, and are clearly not the solution.

The 100-year rotation cycle that the trees are under calls for cutting 1% a year. 78% of the wooded area is under even-aged management and 11% is under uneven-aged management. They are want to increase the amount of seedling/sapling stage timber on the even-aged areas from 7% up to 20% which should make a great deal more food and cover for deer and other wildlife. But first the deer densities must be brought down or the cuttings will turn into fern fields.

Personally, I would gladly pay more for a license if I felt it was going to good use, but I'd bet the majority would complain like mad.