Mike- I recall assisting in research at UMASS in the 90's that investigated deer browse effect in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed...similarly, fenced enclosures of oak regeneration were compared with those outside (subject to deer browse) and the difference was certainly statistically significant...a positive spin on this was that oaks so browsed and then protected, developed more established root systems and grew well and fast. A quick aside, in my wanderings in the woods at Grand Canyon National Park, I ran across fenced enclosures from the 30's and 40's designed to study the impact of elk and deer on the understory. Had to protect them from planned control burns, as they were old enough to fall under the Antiquities Act...;>) -Don
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: old growth and wolves Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:28:56 -0500 RE: [ENTS] old growth and wolves Russ, Excellent article! So in order to get tree seedling regeneration you need to introduce the wolf or introduce hunting. This is a common problem all across the country especially in the east with the abundance of white tailed deer. I saw an experiment in Wells (Maine) National Estuarine Sanctuary where they fenced off areas to keep deer away and the result was half decent hardwood seedling regeneration whereas the unfenced areas were choked with invasive and non-native Japanese barberry. Another reason to shoot the deer! There was talk about introducing the wolf to Maine which didn’t please the locals. I remember when they tried to re-introduce caribou to Baxter State Park but unfortunately that noble experiment failed. Wolves may have already introduced themselves to Maine from Canada. I have only had a few landowners (from Bernardston and Warwick) in MA say they saw a wolf. But I’ve had at least15 landowners over the years tell me they’ve seen a mountain lion. Is it the supposedly extinct eastern cougar, migrants from the west, or as most state wildlife officials like to say “escaped pets”? Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] old growth and wolves ENTS: Seattle Times recently ran an interesting article on reintroducing wolves in Olympic NP to stem the damage to the old growth woods by elk. Russ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008667916_wolves25.html Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
