RANDAL WILSON Chair West Ross Deer Management Group

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RANDAL WILSONChairWest Ross Deer Management
Group
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• WRDMG Area
• 134,300 Ha
• 12,500 Deer
• 9.33 deer per sq km

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• Environmental Designations
• NSA
• SACs
• SPAs
• SSSIs

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• WRDMG Members
• Stalkers visited by Chair and Secretary
• Stalkers annual meeting reinstated

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• Deer Culls
• Culls will be better informed following spring
  count

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• Deer Management Plan
• Information collected from each estate and now
  have draft plan to go to this years AGM

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• Habitat Monitoring
• Discussion regarding sites
• Recent training days were well attended

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• Habitat Monitoring
• Split group into 3 areas
• 30 plots per area

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• Deer Management Plan
• Information collected is for our own Deer Groups
  use

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Deer density per sq kmSNH countMarch 2009
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• Public Access
• Routes and Munros

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Deer Vehicle Collisions
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RANDAL WILSONChairWest Ross Deer Management
Group