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White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Western Pennsylvania Parks
Fort Necessity National Battlefield » White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Western Pennsylvania Parks
The National Park Service (NPS) has released the White-Tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
The purpose of the deer management plan is to support protecting, recovering and restoring native vegetation within the cultural and natural landscapes by managing deer over-browsing. The dramatic increase in white-tailed deer densities over the past century has led to substantial ecological changes in these western Pennsylvania parks. While the plan may reduce deer density, deer populations are part of the natural ecosystem at these parks and will be maintained at levels that allow forest regeneration.
The National Park Service (NPS) invites you to attend a public meeting to learn more about the release of the White-Tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
NPS will host this public meeting at the Fort Necessity National Battlefield Visitor Center on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:30-8 p.m. Members of the public may attend this meeting either in person or virtually (online).
For more information about the project and about how to attend the meetings, visit the project website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/wepa-deer NPS will accept comments on this proposal until May 1, 2026. You can submit comments at the project website or by mail to: Superintendent, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, 1 Washington Parkway, Farmington, PA 15437.
724-329-5818
The purpose of the deer management plan is to support protecting, recovering and restoring native vegetation within the cultural and natural landscapes by managing deer over-browsing. The dramatic increase in white-tailed deer densities over the past century has led to substantial ecological changes in these western Pennsylvania parks. While the plan may reduce deer density, deer populations are part of the natural ecosystem at these parks and will be maintained at levels that allow forest regeneration.
The National Park Service (NPS) invites you to attend a public meeting to learn more about the release of the White-Tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
NPS will host this public meeting at the Fort Necessity National Battlefield Visitor Center on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 6:30-8 p.m. Members of the public may attend this meeting either in person or virtually (online).
For more information about the project and about how to attend the meetings, visit the project website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/wepa-deer NPS will accept comments on this proposal until May 1, 2026. You can submit comments at the project website or by mail to: Superintendent, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, 1 Washington Parkway, Farmington, PA 15437.
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Brenda Wasler724-329-5818