About Deer Friendly

The site is managed by G. Kent Webb, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.E., M.A., University of Pennsylvania.  Contributions to topics such as population estimates, deer disease, and suburban management are welcome.  Email:  kentwebb@deerfriendly.com

The name for this site comes from a Game&Fish article, Deer-Friendly Forests.  An interview with Dave Smith, a veteran wildlife biologist in California, explains why recent forest management practices and the lack of "cleansing wildfires" have contributed to a long-term decline of the habitat that supports the deer population and other species in California.

Every day the internet is scanned for deer management information which is listed by state and topic.  Accessed by using the drop down menus above.  Each state has an archive of collected information grouped by topic with links at the top of each state page.  This article describes the process.  Significant information for populations and disease appears on the right side of each state page with links to the source information.  Research based on this information is listed below.

This site was originally supported in part by advertising, so a .com URL was used.  In order to broaden the type of material that could be stored here per copyright, the site has no advertising - similar to a .org but the .com URL had already been in use for a number of years so was kept to avoid confusion.  DeerFriendly.org and DeerFriendly.com are both owned by G. Kent Webb.  This site is designed as an aid to researchers and others interested in deer information.