This month on Outdoor Radio we visit a winter deeryard. White-tailed Deer use these special woodlands to help them survive Vermont winters. Covering only a few to perhaps as large as 100 acres of forest, they can be used by generations of deer. Hike with us to a small deeryard and learn what makes deeryards and deer winter adaptations special.
[…] This winter in central Vermont, it feels like more precipitation has fallen as rain than snow. A severe winter can take a toll on deer, but this year they and some other winter residents have escaped the worst of what a winter can bring. Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies visit a deeryard on Outdoor Radio, a terrific monthly radio program on ecology broadcast on Vermont Public Radio. Hear it here. […]
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[…] This winter in central Vermont, it feels like more precipitation has fallen as rain than snow. A severe winter can take a toll on deer, but this year they and some other winter residents have escaped the worst of what a winter can bring. Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies visit a deeryard on Outdoor Radio, a terrific monthly radio program on ecology broadcast on Vermont Public Radio. Hear it here. […]