You show me proof that this is all about oak regeneration.More than half of the state doesn't even have oak.

I will, right after you list the reports where DCNR expressed serious concerns about the lack of regeneration of cherry, birch, beech and red maple.

lol. Good point bb. lol

Also its pretty well known that secondary goals exist. Such as extreme unnecessary, unnatural levels of biodiversity.

Yeah,lol they're really concerned about invasive species that they don't want.You guys are too much.

None of the trees I listed are invasive species. They are all native to PA and have existed in our forests as long as the oaks.

Sorry,they have little value to wildlife and practically no commercial value,except the black cherry.In any event,anyone that wants to manage a piece of property for wildlife or timber would want to reduce those species.

You bring up a good point though.Cherry is more valuable than oak and the deer generally don't touch it unless they have no other choice.Why would they want to regenerate oak over cherry?If they did,they wouldn't have to worry about an overabundance of deer.

Are you telling me that they're trying to kill all the deer statewide so that they can regenerate oak in large sections of Pa that are northern hardwoods?

Grouse eat black birch buds and deer love red maple and can survive quite nicely in a forest of red maple ,beech and striped maple at 40 DPSM. lots of birds and animals eat the black cherries and birds ,squirrels and chippies eat the red maple seeds.

No one said they did. If an area is all oaks ,ash and maple it is hard to regenerate a stand of cherry with no seed stock.

You were talking about oak with with quote,correct?So what is it?Is it all about oak or isn't it?

It's all about oak where oak are the dominant tree species in the existing canopy. In the rest of the state it is about SCS certification of DCNR forests.