What is the Greater Threat to Northern Forest Communities: Climate Change or White-tailed Deer?
That is the title of a day-long workshop to be held on Thursday, September 25, and hosted by the Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC) and sponsored by the Colgate Upstate Institute of Colgate University.
It will be take place in North Creek at the Tannery Pond Community Center, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The purpose of the workshop is to promote an understanding of the impacts of whitetail deer populations on forest regeneration, biodiversity, human health, and local communities in New York’s Northern Forest.
Forest regeneration issues relating to whitetail deer will be presented by Ralph Nyland of the SUNY College of Environ-mental Science and Forestry.
Biodiversity as affected by whitetail deer will be discussed by Troy Weldy of the Nature Conservancy.
A discussion of human health impacts of whitetail deer will be presented by Melissa Prusinski of the New York State Department of Health.
Policy management and practices relating to the state’s whitetail deer populations will be presented by Jeremy Hurst.
Hurst is a wildlife biologist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
There will also be discussion about Adirondack community experiences relating to whitetail deer. This will include case studies and implementation plans.
Leading this will be Catherine Cardelus of Colgate University and Bernd Blossey of Cornell University.
Lunch will be available during the day-long workshop.
Registration is available by calling Dan Fitts of the Adiron-dack Research Consortium at 518-327-6276.
