AVID is a project for Assessing Vegetation Impacts from Deer. Project participants evaluate the impact of deer browsing by tagging and measuring tree seedlings and/or wildflowers. Users of the AVID method can measure the impacts of deer browsing on New York forests, and document this aspect of forest health. Participants will learn forest and woodland ecology, how to identify important spring wildflowers and tree species, and develop an eye for recognizing signs of deer impacts...
These guides describe the procedures to measure vegetation and quantify the impacts deer are having on woodland vegetation. These field methods can be used by volunteers, landowners, land managers, land trusts, foresters, and other natural resource professionals. Individuals can use AVID via a smartphone app for both Apple and Android phones from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, or by printing field data sheets and entering the data online at aviddeer.com.