SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NEREC1001 : Piloting a Regional Research and Educational Approach to Integrated Deer Damage Management
- Period Covered: 10/01/2002 to 04/01/2003
- Date of Report: 06/10/2003
- Annual Meeting Dates: 04/13/2003 to 04/13/2003
Participants
Anderson, James (wetland@wvu.edu) - West Virginia University; Curtis, Paul (pdc1@cornell.edu) - Cornell University; Drake, David (drake@aesop.rutgers.edu) - Rutgers University; Menzel, Bruce (bmenzel@reeusda.gov) - USDA-CSREES; Osbourne, Joseph (E-mail not available) - West Virginia University; Parkhurst, James (jparkhur@mail.vt.edu) - Virginia Tech University; Ramakrishnan, Uma (Uma.Ramakrishnan@po.state.ct.us) - Connecticut AES; San Julian, Gary (jgs9@psu.edu) - Pennsylvania State University
The annual meeting for NEREC 1001 occurred April 13, 2003 from 4-5:30pm during the 59th Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference in Newport, Rhode Island. The meeting was chaired by David Drake (Rutgers University).
The meeting began with a summary of the 12-page proposal to establish a Northeast Research and Extension Consortium (NEREC) titled Piloting a Regional Research and Educational Approach to Integrated Deer Damage Management. A discussion followed regarding potential avenues to secure funding to implement the proposal. A primary funding focus has been to request from Congress a new, special federal grant appropriation of $1.5 million in each of the next 5 years to establish and implement the proposal, and to support its proposed annual competitive grants program. A summary of an economic assessment from unwanted deer-human interactions in the northeast United States was distributed to Council on Agriculture, Research, Education, and Teaching (CARET) representatives, who are pursuing Congressional funding on behalf of the NEREC 1001. In addition, David Drake reported that a number of efforts had been made to organize a trip to Washington, D.C. for agricultural experiment station and farm bureau representatives from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to visit with congressional representatives from northeastern states. The purpose of the trip was to discuss the possibility of Congressional funding for the proposal. Due to weather and scheduling difficulties, no trip was scheduled during Spring 2003. Organizing a trip to Washington continues to be a high priority. Meeting participants agreed to contact their respective states farm bureau and agricultural experiment station to recruit representatives to participate in a future Washington trip. An additional funding idea forwarded by Bruce Menzel was to investigate funding through the USDA CSREES Natural Resources Initiative program, which David Drake agreed to pursue.
A second topic of discussion that arose at the meeting was future directions for multi-state extension and research collaboration. It was agreed by all participants that we would develop a proposal to examine the impact deer may have on northeast United States forest species abundance, diversity, and health. A 2-pronged approach was decided, including a mail survey that will be sent to randomly selected private forest landowners in a number of states, paired with an on-the-ground survey to validate the mail survey results. In conjunction with proposal development, we expect to work with Bruce Menzel to secure funding to implement the research. A planning grant will also be sought in order to organize all interested parties (i.e., foresters, wildlife biologists, water quality experts, etc.) for investigating possible deer impacts on forest health and management.
The meeting began with a summary of the 12-page proposal to establish a Northeast Research and Extension Consortium (NEREC) titled Piloting a Regional Research and Educational Approach to Integrated Deer Damage Management. A discussion followed regarding potential avenues to secure funding to implement the proposal. A primary funding focus has been to request from Congress a new, special federal grant appropriation of $1.5 million in each of the next 5 years to establish and implement the proposal, and to support its proposed annual competitive grants program. A summary of an economic assessment from unwanted deer-human interactions in the northeast United States was distributed to Council on Agriculture, Research, Education, and Teaching (CARET) representatives, who are pursuing Congressional funding on behalf of the NEREC 1001. In addition, David Drake reported that a number of efforts had been made to organize a trip to Washington, D.C. for agricultural experiment station and farm bureau representatives from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to visit with congressional representatives from northeastern states. The purpose of the trip was to discuss the possibility of Congressional funding for the proposal. Due to weather and scheduling difficulties, no trip was scheduled during Spring 2003. Organizing a trip to Washington continues to be a high priority. Meeting participants agreed to contact their respective states farm bureau and agricultural experiment station to recruit representatives to participate in a future Washington trip. An additional funding idea forwarded by Bruce Menzel was to investigate funding through the USDA CSREES Natural Resources Initiative program, which David Drake agreed to pursue.
A second topic of discussion that arose at the meeting was future directions for multi-state extension and research collaboration. It was agreed by all participants that we would develop a proposal to examine the impact deer may have on northeast United States forest species abundance, diversity, and health. A 2-pronged approach was decided, including a mail survey that will be sent to randomly selected private forest landowners in a number of states, paired with an on-the-ground survey to validate the mail survey results. In conjunction with proposal development, we expect to work with Bruce Menzel to secure funding to implement the research. A planning grant will also be sought in order to organize all interested parties (i.e., foresters, wildlife biologists, water quality experts, etc.) for investigating possible deer impacts on forest health and management.
Accomplishments
Project is less than a year old; no accomplishments to report at this time.
Impacts
- Project is less than a year old; no impacts to report at this time.
Publications
Drake, D., Paulin, J.B., Curtis, P.D., Decker, D.J., and San Julian, G.J. Assessment of Economic Impacts from Deer in the Northeastern United States. Journal of Extension. (Submitted June 2003).
Drake, D., Pualin, J.B., Curtis, P.D., Decker, D.J., and San Julian, G.J. Assessment of Economic Impacts from Deer in the Northeastern United States. Proceedings from the Tenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference, April 6-9, 2003. Hot Springs, AR.
Drake, D., Pualin, J.B., Curtis, P.D., Decker, D.J., and San Julian, G.J. Assessment of Economic Impacts from Deer in the Northeastern United States. Proceedings from the Tenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference, April 6-9, 2003. Hot Springs, AR.