Herd You Were Wondering

* 1. White-tailed deer need a variety of habitat components to meet their year-round needs. As their diet and cover needs shift, so do the ecosystems they rely on. For example, forests (including oak forests) provide the woody browse, acorns, and thermal cover needed in fall and winter while grasslands and wetlands provide forage and cover in the spring and summer through herbaceous vegetation and tall grass. The closer in proximity these habitat components are and the better their quality, the more deer that can be supported. But that doesn’t mean all ecosystems have the same impact on deer density. In Wisconsin, which ecosystem has the biggest influence on deer density?