How new 'slash walls' help forest managers save landscapes from deer

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To protect new tree growth from deer, Moss Bank Park in Bath, NY built "slash walls" using felled hemlock trees.

Slash walls are massive barriers of logs and branches that prevent deer from eating young trees.

This technique, pioneered by Cornell University, allows diverse forests to regenerate naturally.

The use of slash walls is a growing and effective tactic in forest management across multiple states.

The hemlock trees are dying at Mossy Bank Park .

Hemlocks by the hundreds are afflicted by the wooly adelgid, an invasive insect native to Asia.

Caretakers of the 181 acre park overlooking the Steuben County seat in Bath, New York tried to save the trees. Potential control insects were introduced in partnership with the New York State Hemlock Initiative . Th