Left to expand without any check, our robust deer populations would overrun our natural environment (Wisconsin’s is 1.8 million, up two-thirds from just 10 years ago). As the Journal Sentinel reported, one UW-Madison study found 40 percent of species changes in northern Wisconsin and Michigan forests were tied to over-eating of plant life by deer, from stunting native tree regeneration to wiping out some plants altogether.
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