Special Report on Deer Browse Conditions on Acadia National Park and Adjacent Islands
Taylor O. 1942. Special Report on Deer Browse Conditions on Acadia National Park and Adjacent Islands. National Park Service
'This report is based on observations made of deer browse in company with Ranger Paul G. Favour, Jr., discussions held with Assistant Superintendent Hadley, and other members of the park staff who did not participate in field work, also on previous observations and reports made on the deer problem there. The survey was undertaken at the suggestion of Mr. Victor H. Cahalane, In Charge, Section on National Park Wildlife, by memorandum of March 24, 1942. Field work included a field review of Ranger Favour's findings incident to deer census studies, and the effect of deer browse on Schoodic Point, a portion of the park which is well removed from the deer census studies.' The author is convinced, after assessing three years of field investigations and browse surveys, that deer are less abundant than 'they had been' (no specific date mentioned). He believes the reduction is due to poachers /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Brewer Mountain/Cedar Swamp/Pretty Marsh/Sargent Mountain/Sunken Heath/Oak Hill
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Taylor, O.B.
- Date of Issue
- 1942-06-18
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Brewer Mountain, Browsing, Cedar Swamp, Food, Mammals, Mount Desert Island, Natural Resource Management, Oak Hill, Poaching, Population Density, Pretty Marsh, Sargent Mountain, Sunken Heath