. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. PERMANENT DEKR DAMAGE SIIDY PLOTS IN PLANTATIONS AND NATURAL REI»RODUCTION Mention was made in Research Circular 3, ''Deer Damage to Forest Trees in Pennsylvania," a preliminarj^ study by the Pennsylvania Do- partment of Forests and Waters (7), that twelve study plots wore established in six State Forests, in Clearfield, Cumberland, Huntingdon, Pike, Potter, and Clarion Counties. These study areas, .started in tlic Spring of 1929, were established by the Pennsylvania Department oi" Forests an
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. PERMANENT DEKR DAMAGE SIIDY PLOTS IN PLANTATIONS AND NATURAL REI»RODUCTION Mention was made in Research Circular 3, ''Deer Damage to Forest Trees in Pennsylvania," a preliminarj^ study by the Pennsylvania Do- partment of Forests and Waters (7), that twelve study plots wore established in six State Forests, in Clearfield, Cumberland, Huntingdon, Pike, Potter, and Clarion Counties. These study areas, .started in tlic Spring of 1929, were established by the Pennsylvania Department oi" Forests and Waters and the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commis- sioners cooperating. Each study area consisted of two one-acre plots. One acre of each plot was enclosed with a seven and one-half foot deor- proof fence. The adjoining acre was not fenced. The field work was supervised by Forester James N. ^Morton of the Board of Game Com- missioners and Forester Richard M. May of the Department of Forests and Waters. Eight of the ten one-acre plots were jilanted with forest tree seed- lings. The same species and the same manner of planting were fol- lowed on both the fenced i)lots and on the unfenced. The remaining two one-acre plots were laid out in natural hardwood growth. The purpose of the establishment of these plots was to provide the two cooperating agencies with specific and exact information as to just how much damage and what kind of damage are done to planted trees and natural forest growth in widely scattered localities where deer are present. The fact that each ])lot iiur])osely exposed to un- iM'stricted deer browsing had an adjacent control or check plot pro- vided that there would be removed any i)ossibility of other factors infhiencing final resnlts. The ])h)ts were establislied in the spring of 1029 and when completed were examined (May, 1029) to determine the percentage of establishment of the trees on both the unfenced l)l()ts, where browsing would be unrestricted, and o
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