New hires familiarize themselves with FRM data collection. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

By Gabe Spangler, DNR Forest Regeneration Monitoring Coordinator

The Forest Regeneration Monitoring (FRM) program was initiated to better assess the status of naturally regenerating forests across the state and to provide data on forest regeneration success or failure in relation to deer herd population density across Wisconsin. Previous forest monitoring methods were not intensive enough to tell a precise, county-level story of the impacts of deer browse (herbivory) on forest regeneration or the quality of the forest habitat available to deer.

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