{"id":2497,"date":"2014-07-14T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.sdps-bbs.com\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:19:38","slug":"nasf-posts-purdue-ag-findings-hunting-deer-damaged-forests-gives-in-state-parks-a-shot-at-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/nasf-posts-purdue-ag-findings-hunting-deer-damaged-forests-gives-in-state-parks-a-shot-at-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"NASF Posts Purdue Ag Findings, Hunting Deer-Damaged Forests Gives IN State Parks A Shot At Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass67FCEDB0A91C42B0ACB4E5473E593612\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-left: 10pt;margin-top: 0pt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/deer.jpg\" alt=\"deer, hunting deer-damaged forests gives IN state parks a shot at recovery\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"right\" \/> \u200bThe <a title=\"National Association of State Foresters (NASF)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stateforesters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of State Foresters (NASF)<\/a> posts an Purdue Agriculture research article titled <a title=\"&quot;Hunting gives deer-damaged forests in Indiana state parks a shot at recover.&quot; \" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2014\/Q3\/hunting-gives-deer-damaged-forests-in-indiana-state-parks-a-shot-at-recovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Hunting Gives Deer-Damaged Forests in Indiana State Parks a Shot at Recovery.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0The Purdue research team led by Michael Jenkins, associate professor of forest ecology,\u00a0shares that a\u00a017-year-long <a title=\"Indiana Department of Natural Resources Hunting &amp; Trapping Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/2343.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Department of Natural Resources policy<\/a>\u00a0of organizing hunts in state parks has successfully spurred the regrowth of native tree seedlings, herbs and wildflowers rendered scarce by browsing deer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t put nature in a glass dome and think it&#8217;s going to regulate itself,&#8221; Jenkins said. &#8220;Because our actions have made the natural world the way it is, we have an obligation to practice stewardship to maintain ecological balance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-Tailed Deer\" href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-136-W#.U8PX9fldUbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-Tailed Deer<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a title=\"Emerging Issues in White-tailed Deer Management and Conservation\" href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-416-W#.U8PYSPldUbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerging Issues in White-Tailed Deer Management and Conservation<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.extension.purdue.edu\/extmedia\/FNR\/FNR-265-W.pdf\">Corn and Soybean Crop Depredation by Wildlife<\/a>, Purdue Extension<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe National Association of State Foresters (NASF) posts an Purdue Agriculture research article titled &#8220;Hunting Gives Deer-Damaged Forests in Indiana State Parks a Shot at Recovery.&#8221;\u00a0The Purdue research team led by Michael Jenkins, associate professor of forest ecology,\u00a0shares that a\u00a017-year-long Indiana Department of Natural Resources policy\u00a0of organizing hunts in state parks has successfully spurred the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,54],"tags":[60,72],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-wildlife","tag-forestry","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33651,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/33651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}