Deer Cull in New York, East Hampton by Farm Bureau Stopped by Lawsuit

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31. Deer are ravaging Minnesota forests

For example:http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/04/02/north-shore-deer-population

"A lot of these big pines, they're dying, they're getting blown down, and the cedars too, and we're not really replacing those," White said. "There aren't really trees in the subcanopy that can take their place."

To protect the forest, White recommends planting more white pine and white cedar trees — and reducing the deer density.

In 2006, the state Department of Natural Resources did approve far lower deer population goals for northeastern Minnesota, ones that allow hunters to kill up to five deer, including does and fawns.

And that's WITH a fairly healthy wolf population AND hunters working over the deer every year.

I hope there aren't many nature preserves around East Hampton, because without a way to keep their population in check, deer will breed rapidly and absolutely decimate woodlands.

For an interesting historical read on what happened when all predation was removed from a deer population, the Kaibab Plateau serves as a good example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaibab_Plateau