The Use of Slash Walls to Exclude Deer and Regenerate Native Forest Tree Species

Penn State Extension; Pennsylvania Forest Online Seminar Series

Date: June 10, 2025
Times: noon - 12:00 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM, eastern time. Questions often last an extra 15 to 20 minutes
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Presentation Summary:
Slash walls were developed at the Cornell University Arnot Teaching and Research Forest in 2017. Slash walls have proven effective to exclude deer. Annual measurements of permanent sample points have documented changes in vegetation inside versus outside of slash walls. This presentation will review 4 to 6 years of vegetative response, inside younger and older slash walls, to assess their association with the regeneration stocking, hardwood seedling diversity, seedling height growth, and other metrics of response. The design and construction of slash walls will be reviewed.

Presented By: Peter Smallidge, Cornell University Extension

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