Sustainable Management of Forests – Species Conservation – Reducing Deer Impact

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Date published: 30 March, 2015

Date superseded: 16 July, 2015

The aim of this option is to reduce deer impacts to a level that will allow the regeneration of unprotected soft conifer and broadleaved species at a landscape scale, to help diversify forests and improve their conservation value.

Grants are available to help reduce deer numbers or maintain them in the range of 5–10 deer per square kilometre.

Funding is also available to help limit habitat impacts by deer so that woodland managers have a choice over the range of conifer or broadleaved species to regenerate without resorting to deer fencing.