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White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Western Pennsylvania Parks
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The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for 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 plan provides a long-term strategy for managing white tailed deer to protect and restore native vegetation across these cultural and natural landscapes. Over the past century, deer populations have increased dramatically in western Pennsylvania, resulting in heavy browsing pressure that limits forest regeneration and alters historic and memorial plantings. While the plan will reduce deer densities, deer will continue to be managed as an important component of the parks ecosystems and maintained at levels that support forest recovery.
Implementation of the deer management plan will begin at Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site in winter 2027. Deer management activities at Flight 93 National Memorial may be scheduled in the future, depending on available funding.
For more information or to review the FONSI and associated planning documents, visit the project website: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/wepa-deer.
724-329-5818
The plan provides a long-term strategy for managing white tailed deer to protect and restore native vegetation across these cultural and natural landscapes. Over the past century, deer populations have increased dramatically in western Pennsylvania, resulting in heavy browsing pressure that limits forest regeneration and alters historic and memorial plantings. While the plan will reduce deer densities, deer will continue to be managed as an important component of the parks ecosystems and maintained at levels that support forest recovery.
Implementation of the deer management plan will begin at Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site in winter 2027. Deer management activities at Flight 93 National Memorial may be scheduled in the future, depending on available funding.
For more information or to review the FONSI and associated planning documents, visit the project website: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/wepa-deer.
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Brenda Wasler724-329-5818