[MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 80, Issue 22
Patrick Oelschlager
patrick at wvwa.org
Mon Jun 25 05:53:48 PDT 2018
Hi all,
I'm a recent hire as a Stewardship Assistant at Wissahickon Valley
Watershed Association in Ambler PA- we manage a patchwork of suburban
preserves, the larger ones are ~80 acres, there are several smaller ones
~10-20 acres and long, narrow sections of riparian corridor. We currently
have a controlled archery hunting program for deer management but
historically have struggled with assessing impacts of our management
program since we're so influenced by deer movement/activity outside our
property boundaries. Does anyone have experience/suggestions with
monitoring on small parcels and/or advice for how to initiate a larger
community-wide task force? I know we have worked with some local
municipalities in the past but we span several different townships across
the watershed.
Also, I worked briefly in Hunter Education and Outreach and learned quite a
bit about recent national movements to introduce hunting to the younger,
environmentally conscious "locavore" crowd, particularly in suburban areas,
which is having some success in places like Athens, Madison, WI and others.
Does anyone know of any attempts to incorporate this sort of outreach with
controlled/managed hunting to train a next generation of deer managers? I'm
interested in pursuing this route as a way to facilitate a larger
conversation and bridge some of the typical conflicts of interest/perceived
boundaries between different groups of stakeholders. Not a fix-all but
possibly a valuable addition to sharpshooting, non-lethal management and
other techniques.
Thanks,
-Pat Oelschlager
Stewardship Assistant, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
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> 1. Re: [MD-OUTINGS-COMM] FW: deer exclosures and JSG
> (Nathan Hartshorne)
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> From: Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>
> To: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com>
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> Subject: Re: [MAIPC] [MD-OUTINGS-COMM] FW: deer exclosures and JSG
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> I've definitely had to spray a lot of stiltgrass after the deer fence went
> up. But I don't know how to compare those sites to before the fences since
> I never got the luxury of seeing them a year before. If people do look
> into this, it's worth also considering the impact of invasive worms. The
> worst site I treated (no fence at this one) had a lot of deer, but it also
> had virtually no leaf litter despite being mostly forested.
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:
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> > *Any response for Larry in addition to his two explanations? Thanks*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Marc*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:*
> >
> >
> > * Larry Broadwell [mailto:bakpacker1 at verizon.net <bakpacker1 at verizon.net
> >]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2018 8:56 PMTo: Maryland Chapter Outings
> Committee
> > <MD-OUTINGS-COMM at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
> > <MD-OUTINGS-COMM at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG>>; Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com
> > <ialm at erols.com>>Subject: Re: [MD-OUTINGS-COMM] FW: [MAIPC] deer
> exclosures
> > and JSG*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Marc,*
> >
> > *I'm not getting some of this.*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Are deer spreading JSG? Are they eating so much native grass that JSG is
> > filling in areas formerly filled with native grass?*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Larry Broadwell *
> >
> >
> >
> > *On Saturday, June 23, 2018 4:43 PM, Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com
> > <ialm at erols.com>> wrote:*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Many studies have shown that when deer are present at 20/square mile or
> > less, there is a dramatic reduction in the cases of Lyme disease. Here
> are
> > some parks with this lower deer density of 20/square mile as a result of
> > managed hunts. Can someone find out how much the reduction of deer
> density
> > has resulted in reduction of Japanese Stilt grass? **One urgent research
> > question is to determine if reduction of deer to the natural level of
> > 20/square mile works as well as deer exclosures in reducing JSG.*
> >
> > *Howard County*
> >
> > *Middle Patuxent Environmental area <https://www.howardcountymd.gov/MPEA
> >*
> >
> > *Meadowbrook Park <https://www.howardcountymd.gov/MeadowbrookPark>*
> >
> > *Schooley Mill Park <https://www.howardcountymd.gov/SchooleyMillPark>*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Western Regional Park
> > <https://www.howardcountymd.gov/WesternRegionalPark>Rock Creek National
> > Park <https://www.nps.gov/rocr/index.htm> in Washington D.C. adjacent to
> > Montgomery CountyCatoctin Mountain National Park
> > <https://www.nps.gov/cato/index.htm>* in Frederick County
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Hi Marc - as you probably know, the Woodend Sanctuary of ANS now has a
> > deer fence. I am on a team monitoring the unrestored meadow, which used
> to
> > be infested with stlltgass. Native forbs and grasses have taken over with
> > very little JSG to be seen. The changes are being documented - in my
> > meadow, the restored meadow, woodlands and stream. Heartening!*
> >
> >
> >
> > Marney
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 23, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > *In the 200 acre Swann Park in Charles County, there are 3 places where I
> > have seen a pathogen infestation of Japanese Stilt grass. Only one of
> these
> > sites has been re infested in subsequent years. Today I transferred some
> of
> > the site with an August pathogen infestation of Japanese Stilt grass that
> > has been re infested in subsequent years to a bad patch of JSG elsewhere
> > in the park with similar habitat. (from the Mattawoman watershed part of
> > Swann Park to the Pomonkey watershed component of Ruth B. Swann Park). I
> > marked the site and will return to check it out each month. *
> >
> >
> >
> > *Let us discuss other ideas to address control of our most difficult
> > invasive plant to control. ** One urgent research question is to
> > determine if reduction of deer to the natural level of 20/square mile
> works
> > as well as deer exclosures in reducing JSG. How can we facilitate
> research
> > into **native **host specific biological controls of JSG**.*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group, **MD
> > Chapter Sierra Club Natural Places Chair. *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant
> > Control coordinator. (301) 442-5657 cell ialm at erols.com
> > <ialm at erols.com>Natural and Historical Resources DivisionThe
> > Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
> Commissionwww.pgparks.com
> > <http://www.pgparks.com/> *
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Patrick Oelschlager
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Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
215.646.8866 ext. 18
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