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Wildlife Damage Control
Jonathan Kays is the PI. Deer populations in Maryland and throughout the eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last 20 years with serious economic, safety, and ecological impacts. Crop damage to agricultural crops has become severe and forest ecosystems are being seriously impacted by deer browsing. Deer-vehicle collisions, human fatalities, and the incidence of Lyme disease have all increased. In the early 1990's, Jonathan lead the development and implementation of an Extension program composed of applied research and demonstration projects, Extension publications, and professional training in cooperation with state wildlife agencies, county Extension agents, other states’ Extension organizations, producer groups, and non-profit organizations. In 2000, large hardwood planting projects were experiencing high mortality due to vole damage. A cooperative research and education effort was developed with the state forestry agency. Both deer and vole programs focused on an integrated pest management.
The goal of the wildlife damage management program has been to provide research-based information that can be used by different target audiences (producers, residential landowners, local decision-makers and wildlife agencies) to solve problems. In addition, the deer program has sought to provide individual counties with information on community based deer management.
For more information, contact Jonathan Kays
Last updated: 04/8/2009
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