"Drastic Deer Damage Requires Drastic Deer Reduction"
"Deer now completely inhibit the establishment of new shoots... As shrubs die, alien invasive plants explode in density, gaining a strong foothold even under intact forest canopy." "It is clear that the only way to give our forests a chance to recover from both overbrowsing by deer and alien plant invasions is... a drastic reduction in the deer herd (about 5 per square mile for a drastically damaged forest to begin to recover)." Emile DeVito
"White-tailed deer impacts are significant. Unless something is done habitat degradation will continue."
"There will be a continued decline in the biological diversity of the state."
Connecticut Audubon Society
"There will be a continued decline in the biological diversity of the state."
Connecticut Audubon Society