Webinar Recording: The Deer Crisis with Eli Arnow
Listen back to our Morning Coffee webinar recording with PCA’s Eli Arnow. Discover the history of deer in New York and how deer populations skyrocketed to their current levels, endangering the future of our forests and learn what we can do to protect and steward the forests and flowers we love in the face of this ecological emergency. We'll cover potential policy changes, long-term strategies, and actions you can take right now in your own backyard.
Eli Arnow is a land steward and environmental advocate serving as chair of the Forest Health Task Force at Partners for Climate Action. He has a Master's degree from SUNY ESF in Environmental Science with a concentration in ecological restoration and lives in southern Columbia County.
The session is moderated by Bob Dandrew, a PCA Founding Partner.
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Recommended reading from Eli:
Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration by Laura Martin
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon
Legacy of top-down herbivore pressure ricochets back up multiple trophic levels in forest canopies over 30 years by Tim Nuttle, Ellen H. Yerger, Scott H. Stoleson, and Todd E. Ristau
Perspectives of New York State residents on deer management, hunting, and predator reintroduction by Bernd Blossey, Elaine Brice, Justin Dalaba, and Darragh Hare
Where have all the flowers gone? A call for federal leadership in deer management in the United States by Bernd Blossey, Darragh Hare, and Donald M. Waller
2020 Nature Conservancy Forest Regeneration Map (See page 44)
Compounding human stressors cause major regeneration debt in over half of eastern US forests by Kathryn M. Miller and Brian J. McGill
Differential and interacting impacts of invasive plants and white-tailed deer in eastern US forests by David L. Gorchov, Bernd Blossey, Kristine M. Averill, Andrea Dávalos, J. Mason Heberling, Michael A. Jenkins, Susan Kalisz, William J. McShea, Janet A. Morrison, Victoria Nuzzo, Christopher R. Webster, and Donald M. Waller
