Development by man requires an intervention by man to maintain an area in its natural balance. The animals in the area are dependent upon all of us in maintaining an environment in which they can flourish. With the environmental changes humans have caused, directly and indirectly, management programs must mimic the natural processes of nature prior to settlement. Resource managers at Lake Georgetown have been actively involved in restoring a balance of nature with its ecosystem management programs since 1980. The threat to white-tailed deer and other wildlife species around Lake Georgetown is of great concern to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Deer management is a part of a much larger and comprehensive effort to manage natural ecosystems.
By ensuring a functional and natural environment that is balanced as nearly as may be, all of our native plants and animals can thrive, including white-tailed deer. An overpopulation of deer has far reaching effects. These are in addition to the adverse effects on the deer, other wildlife and the environment. Both plants and animals are important to ecosystems. Decreased plant populations lead to loss of plant and animal species and a gross alteration of native plant communities.