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Plant regeneration is not a hot water-cooler topic. Not likely to spark a heated dinner table discussion. But don't tell Philip Notestine it's not exciting.
The chairman of the Mountain Lakes' Woodlands Management Committee is ecstatic there are signs that plant life is improving in the forest of his suburban Morris County town. He credits the start of restoration of natural areas to his town's decision to hunt the local white-tail deer herd.
"We saw woodlands not re-generating, song birds and forest understory disappearing," said Notestine. "The deer were destroying the forest. Something had to be done."
Hunts reduce Morris County's deer population by 1,300
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He credits the start of restoration of natural areas to his town's decision to hunt the local white-tail deer herd.
Hmmmm....I wonder if there's another herd in the area that may have made "natural areas" a necessity in the first place? A study might conclude that their numbers need thinning as well.
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