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	Name:	MythBuster -
	Subject:	Key point:
	Date:	3/8/2008 6:16:13 PM

LTL, I am very familiar with similar studies (one in particular) that have been done in the past couple of years, and the data you provide still holds up. However, it is also agreed that the word "healthy," when used in the term "healthy deer populations" means more than pure numbers. (There was a time when all that mattered was the number.) It is common sense, AND a scientific fact (which are not always mutually exclusive :-) ) that "too many deer" equals "an unhealthy population." More new food sources is a good thing, but if that source is needed for a now larger population, then it might not be enough food. It's another one of those paradoxes that can drive people nuts: just like forest fires are needed for the maintenance of a healthy forest, some culling is often needed for the maintenance of a deer population. More deer + more food doesn't always come out in favor of the deer; loss of space can be an added hindrance.

And, one of the things that works in favor f the deer when talking about the effects of development is the addition of "border lands" or "edge habitat;" this is that area of cleared land alongside the forest. There is usually good food in abundance in these areas, as well as good habitat for living. However (more common sense here) you can't have good habitat edging the forest unless you have the forest. Too often, we see these forested areas lost to over-development. If it was an occasional thing, it might be OK; but, it's a trend, and it's a trend that has been increasing.

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