In today's episode, Duane Diefenbach and Jeannine Fleegle join us to talk about important research going on in the woods of Pennsylvania. The Deer-Forest Study brings together researchers from Penn State, U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Together, they have been monitoring deer populations and forest changes in Rothrock, Bald Eagle, and Susquehannock State Forests for the past 7 years. Results from this study will help in making future decisions on how to best manage deer and the forests for overall the overall health of Penn's woods.Duane is active in The Wildlife Society and a Certified Wildlife Biologist. He has served as associate editor for The Journal of Wildlife Management, vice president of the Northeast Section, and chair of the Biometrics Working Group. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of Wildlife Ecology at Penn State University and Leader of the PA Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit.Jeannine is a certified wildlife biologist through The Wildlife Society and has worked with white-tailed deer in 3 states for almost 20 years.  She joined the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Deer & Elk Section in December of 2004. As part of the Deer & Elk Section, Fleegle is responsible for public outreach and communications producing numerous Game News articles, blog posts, brochures, and other outreach materials; maintaining the agency Ask the Deer Biologist account; and presenting on a variety of topics related to white-tailed deer.  Her other duties include urban deer management; coordinating CWD sample collection of hunter harvested deer; and contributing to the development of annual deer population assessments and antlerless allocation recommendations.To learn more and follow along with the finds of the Deer-Forest Research Study, check out the blog OR follow them on Twitter.