Cornell Extension will hold two one-hour Forest Connect Are Deer Eating Your Woods? Webinars on March 15th at noon and 7 p.m. The webinars will be hosted by Kristi Sullivan from Cornell’s Department of Natural Resources.
Woodland owners and foresters want to document the impacts that deer browsing has on forest plants.
A field method has been developed to allow easy and definitive assessment of these impacts. AVID – Assessing the Vegetation Impacts of Deer – is a method for volunteers, foresters, landowners and others to monitor forest vegetation impacts from one year to the next.. Wildflowers and/or tree seedlings are selected and measured each year for several years to evaluate the impact of deer browsing.
Field data collected by individuals across New York State will be used to track tree, shrub and wildflower response to deer browsing over time. Learn how you can get involved and assess impacts on your land.
To register for one of the webinars, go to:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/0fd2318ec3796a188c34be5db4a05ad8