A group of 12
wildlife/forestry biologists has just published a book on deer management
titled "Deer Management for Forest Landowners and Managers." The book is based on their collective decades of research, teaching, consulting, and
managing white-tailed deer in the northeastern states.
The book is designed
to help forest landowners and managers, public and private, develop programs to
reduce deer density and impact on forest resources. The book will also help agency biologists, college educators, consultants, and hunters
understand the needs of forest landowners/stewards in managing deer impact.
This is the first and
only book written for those who manage deer and deer impact on private
forestlands such as small woodlots and on public forestlands such as state
and/or national forests. It covers the what, the why, the how, the where, the
when, the by whom, the how much, and for how long details of deer management
on forestlands affected by overabundant deer herds. The book integrates the
science of deer biology with human dimension factors of values and culture.
The book describes
deer management at the actual level of management – the individual forested
property, whether a small woodlot of perhaps 20 acres or a larger commercial
forest operation, state park or national forest encompassing hundreds to
thousands of acres.
These forestlands are
where negative deer impact affects goals for natural resources and are
where managers integrate all aspects of deer management: hunting, management to
counter deer impact, habitat manipulation, maintenance of access roads used by
hunters, and human dimension factors such as culture and values of hunters and
other stakeholders.
The book is printed by
CRC Press and is available now in paperback, hard cover and e-book formats.
There is a website (www.deer-management-book.com) that describes the book, provides
information on how to order the book, and includes endorsements by forestry and
wildlife experts.”
