Free Deer Management Lecture

Lecture: Thursday January 21, 2010 7-8:30 p.m.,

The Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership and the Hudson Valley Quality Deer Management Association presents:  Oh Deer!

The population and habits of white-tailed deer have changed over time, and so has the need for and approaches to management of deer in our region. Ethan Pierce, Deer Program Manager at Mohonk Preserve, and Dick Henry, Biologist with the Hudson Valley Quality Deer Management Association, will discuss the changing role of deer in our landscapes and what’s being done to address their impacts.

The Lecture will be held on Thursday January 21, 2010 7-8:30 p.m. and are open to the public and free of charge (no advance registration is necessary) and is sponsored by the State University of New York at New Paltz Biology Department.  The lecture will take place at the SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center, Room 100. For directions and a campus map, see www.newpaltz.edu/map. The Lecture Center is located between the Library and the Humanities Building on the west side of the campus. No parking permit is required if you park after 6:30 p.m.

For more information, visit http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/index.php?events or contact Nadia Steinzor,Mohonk Preserve, at (845) 255-0919, or Cara Lee, The Nature Conservancy, at 845-255-9051. Cancellations due to winter weather will be listed on area radio stations. Effort will be made to reschedule any cancelled lectures in early March.

Composed of non-profit and public agencies, the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership is dedicated to protecting the sensitive wildlife habitat and other natural resources of the Shawangunk Mountains. Informed by field research and scientific analysis, partners manage over 40,000 protected acres of the Shawangunks, provide environmenal education, and work with local communities to preserve open space on the slopes of the ridge.

For more information, visit www.gunksfireplan.org.