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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=687312812-11032014><STRONG>Excellent article!
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class=687312812-11032014><STRONG>At several parks dominated by deer, non-native
invasive plants have been removed from the isolated areas that the deer find
hard to get to. The dream is that when the deer are finally controlled we have
saved a native ecosystem for recolonization. </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> vnps-pot@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:vnps-pot@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Marty
Nielsen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 10, 2014 1:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Arlington
Regional Master Naturalists; NativePlantseast@yahoogroups.com;
vnps-pot@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [vnps-pot] Fwd: Deer proliferation
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<DIV dir=ltr>I think we all suspected this! <BR>
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<DIV>Title: Deer proliferation disrupts a forest's natural growth <BR>URL: <A
href="http://fw.to/q56CaqZ" target=_blank>ScienceDaily</A> <BR>Summary:
Researchers have discovered that a burgeoning deer population forever alters the
progression of a forest's natural future by creating environmental havoc in the
soil and disrupting the soil's natural seed banks. <BR></DIV></DIV><BR>--
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