In 2005, the GSWA put up a fence surrounding 23 acres of the property in order to exclude deer. Deer populations in the area exceed 100 deer/square mile, while carrying capacity is closer to 10 deer/square mile. Excluding deer will improve the area as wildlife habitat.
This is also an educational and scientific opportunity to see the effects of deer by comparing the species found within the fenced portion of the site to those on the outside.
Look at the oak seedlings successfully re-establishing themselves inside of the fence, as compared to the lack of them on the outside.
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