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Natural forests are the home for many kinds of wildlife. Finding ways to meet the needs 

 of wildlife resources on the managed forest is the job of the forest-wildlife biologist. 



^'^^ Wildlife management on forest lands 



Huiitiii"! is today i-ecoijiiized as a most impor- 

 tant part of the recreational activity on National 

 and State fore^sts. In tiie. East, many of the best 

 <iame animals we have, such as white-tailed deer, 

 l>lack hear, wild turkey, rutl'ed jrrouse, and jrray 

 srjuirrels, occur commonly on many of tliese i)ul)- 

 licly owned tracts. How to niiinaire {jame popu- 

 lations to provide jrood ininlin;^ without serious 

 <lama<re to the forests is a ])i()l)l('ni now receiving; 

 attention a( tlic Center's sui)station at .VsIievilJe, 

 N.C. Tliere, a Patuxeiit hioloj^isl is working:' witli 

 the start' of the Soullieastern Forest Experiment 



Station to determine how many deer our south- 

 eastern forests can safely support. They are also 

 measurin<r tiie eft'ects of forest management pra<'- 

 tices on deer, wild turkey, pray squirrels, and 

 (luaii, and are testin<r methods to prevent mice 

 and s<|uiri'els from eating acorns tiiat are plante^l 

 to produce new forests. The findings from tliese 

 in\ est igat ions will have application in wildlife 

 managcmeni on more than 1(>,()()0,0()() acres of 

 national forests in the Southeast, and on more 

 than 1 :>!),()()(),()()() acres of State and connnercial 

 forests in this rejrion. 



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