Special Report on Deer and Deer Browsing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Including Acadia National Park
Johnson MS. 1938. Special Report on Deer and Deer Browsing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Including Acadia National Park. National Park Service
FIELD WORK: January 25-28, 1938. Assessed impact of poaching, dogs, predators, migration, starvation and disease on deer population. Found no evidence of lack of food, or of starving deer. Looked at effects of browse in the areas listed below noting preferred browse species. Cedar was noted as less favored than hardwoods, and spruce was almost always unbrowsed /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Blackwoods/Somesville/Seal Cove Road/Frenchman Ridge/Bass Harbor Marsh/Eagle Lake Road/Pine Hill/Duck Pond truck trail
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Johnson, Maynard
- Date of Issue
- 1938-02-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Bass Harbor Marsh, Blackwoods, Browsing, Disease, Duck Pond truck trail, Eagle Lake Road, Food, Frenchman Ridge, Mammals, Migration, Mount Desert Island, Pine Hill, Poaching, Seal Cove Road, Somesville