Living with White-tailed Deer

Paloski

The assignment

You live in a town that enjoys a wooded park area.  Many people in the town use the park for recreation and the park is surrounded by homes, schools and other structures.  Deer numbers have grown steadily in the four-square mile area that includes the park and the surrounding area.  In fact, the deer exceed the area's biological carrying capacity.  And the incidence of lyme disease, deer-vehicle collisions and property damage are all on the rise throughout this part of town.  A town meeting has been called to collect citizens' opinions about how to best address this issue.

Information needed

You have been given several pages of information and guiding questions that will help your interest group form its proposed management plan.  These will be your guide as you research using both subscription and free web resources. Refer to this class packet for more information. 

Resources

Web Resources pages provide your electronic or "Internet" resources for your specific person.

Evaluating Information

Be sure to utilize credible and reliable sources  -- articles that are self-published or that rely on personal opinion, publications that are slanted in favor of one side, or sites that are strongly commercial will not meet criteria required from good researchers.  

Evaluation of Web Page

Citing Sources

Citing Sources  (Noodle Tools)

Library Worksheet for Citing Sources 

Help for books, Subscription Databases and Free Web sources

Teacher Evaluation and Due Dates