National Capital Region, National Park Service, Deer Survey Report - Fall 2005
Bates S. 2006. National Capital Region, National Park Service, Deer Survey Report - Fall 2005. Washington, DC
The results of the 6th annual fall deer survey results are presented. The purpose of the survey is to assess densities and trends of white-tailed deer populations at natural and cultural resource parks. Distance Sampling is used at all parks except HAFE, where pellet-group counts are used. In 2005, 7 out of the 11 parks surveyed had decreases in density when compared to 2004. MONO, GREE, CATO, and ROCR had decreases that were 20% less than their 2004 densities. Four parks (GWMP, HAFE, CHOH, PISC) saw increases in 2005. HAFE and GWMP had significant increases over their 2004 densities. There were no significant trends at the 0.01 level. All parks except PRWI and GREE had deer densities over 40 deer per square mile. All parks with high deer densities have implemented or completed deer impact studies.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bates, Scott
- Date of Issue
- 2006-05
- Units
- ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GREE , GRFA , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , PISC , PRWI , ROCR
- Keywords
- deer density, distance, National Capital Region, Odocoileus virginia, Sampling Variation, White-Tailed Deer