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October 29, 2019
The Deer Exclosure Is Almost Done
A big thank you to Mike Limatola, Kurt Muenz and Fred Weber for all their work on getting the deer-exclosure project done.
It is located between the Boy Scout Platform and the Brotherton Bridge. As you can see, the understory has been destroyed.
Now there is at least one place in the Celery Farm that the deer can't wreck, and the understory there will grow back in a few years and folks can see what a healthy woodlands looks like.
A huge thank you is also due to Michele Byers, Laura Szwak and the NJ Conservation Foundation, which awarded the Fyke Nature Association a Franklin Parker Grant to help pay for the exclosure.
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Michael Limatola I’m all for giving a parcel of the Celery Farms a chance to reflourish so my questions are sincere:
1) is this phase 1? And will the fence be reconfigured after x amount of years to reflourish other areas of the CF?
2) what happens if deer get in the enclosure which to be fair, is likely given they can jump an average of 8’? How often will that be monitored and what is the protocol for removing live deer from it?
3) what is the estimated timeline for seeing results of this project?
4) what metrics do you have to indicate success for this project?
5) who is responsible for maintenance of the fence and will it ever conceivably be taken down once it has reached its success threshold or agreed upon timeline assuming there is one?
6) What permissions were required to put this up? As I understand it (from the borough website), Fyke is responsible for creating and maintaining the footpaths, observation decks and nesting boxes. But the land is owned by the town. Does Fyke have full autonomy to do what it wants in the Celery Farms or does the town council have a say? It is unclear on either the Town or Fyke websites.
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What a great job! Thank you!
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Thank goodness. We are grateful for all you all do. Or isn’t easy. The deer, the deer…destroyers.
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Michael Mahle
Michael Limatola I’m all for giving a parcel of the Celery Farms a chance to reflourish so my questions are sincere:
1) is this phase 1? And will the fence be reconfigured after x amount of years to reflourish other areas of the CF?
2) what happens if deer get in the enclosure which to be fair, is likely given they can jump an average of 8’? How often will that be monitored and what is the protocol for removing live deer from it?
3) what is the estimated timeline for seeing results of this project?
4) what metrics do you have to indicate success for this project?
5) who is responsible for maintenance of the fence and will it ever conceivably be taken down once it has reached its success threshold or agreed upon timeline assuming there is one?
6) What permissions were required to put this up? As I understand it (from the borough website), Fyke is responsible for creating and maintaining the footpaths, observation decks and nesting boxes. But the land is owned by the town. Does Fyke have full autonomy to do what it wants in the Celery Farms or does the town council have a say? It is unclear on either the Town or Fyke websites.
Thanks.
Alice L
What a great job! Thank you!
Sally
Thank goodness. We are grateful for all you all do. Or isn’t easy. The deer, the deer…destroyers.