Penn State Extension will hold a 3 part, 6 hour Deer Impact Assessment & Mitigation Summit webinar series in late March and early April.
White-tailed deer are an integral component of our regional ecosystem, but high deer impact in vegetated landscapes represents a significant factor influencing the work of natural resource managers in regenerating and establishing diverse forests, rehabilitating degraded sites, creating desired habitat conditions, and achieving other land management objectives. The Deer Impact Assessment and Mitigation Summit series will offer a roundup of current knowledge, practices, and strategies for understanding, defining, measuring, and mitigating deer impact in natural resource management. Each of three successive program sessions offers multiple expert presentations followed by a facilitated question-and-answer period involving the full panel of speakers.
The Summit will include three sessions, each from noon to 2 pm ET.
March 25th Understanding Deer, Deer Impact Issues & Deer Management
March 30th Assessing & Measuring Deer Impacts on the Landscape
April 1st Mitigating Deer Impacts in Natural Resource Management
Cost to attend the webinars is $20 to $35.
In the March 30th webinar, Assessing & Measuring Deer Impacts on the Landscape, David deCalesta, Tom Rawinski, Bernd Blossey, Brendan Quirion, and Emily Domoto discuss practical strategies and indicators for evaluating, measuring, and classifying levels of deer impact to inform management planning; how managers may select appropriate evaluation strategies, differentiate levels of impact in standardized ways, and incorporate long-term impact assessment in management planning.
To take part in this webinar, register at https://web.cvent.com/event/d2423a05-7eaa-4756-9dbf-3b0bf773301c/summary?locale=en-US&i=YqIhvOw5Rk-HFfBu8VO5Rw
For any questions, contact Sarah Wurzbacher, Penn State forestry extension educator, at sjw246@psu.edu