DATA TABLE Year Deer Population In 1906, the Kaibab Plateau was established as a preserve to reestablish the deer population. Unfortunately, the Kaibab forest area had already been overgrazed by livestock and predator populations were firmly established. As a result, the deer population was well below its carrying capacity of 30,000. To protect the deer, hunting was banned, predators were exterminated and livestock grazing was limited. By 1923, the deer were on the verge of 1905 4,000 1910 9,000 1915 25,000 1920 65,000 1924 100,000 starvation. Predators were then reintroduced and 1925 60,000 hunting was allowed. 1926 40,000 1928 35,000 1929 30,000 1931 20,000 1939 10,000

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DATA TABLE
Year
Deer Population
In 1906, the Kaibab Plateau was established as a
preserve to reestablish the deer population.
Unfortunately, the Kaibab forest area had already
been overgrazed by livestock and predator
populations were firmly established. As a result, the
deer population was well below its carrying capacity
of 30,000. To protect the deer, hunting was banned,
predators were exterminated and livestock grazing
was limited. By 1923, the deer were on the verge of
1905
4,000
1910
9,000
1915
25,000
1920
65,000
1924
100,000
starvation. Predators were then reintroduced and
1925
60,000
hunting was allowed.
1926
40,000
1928
35,000
1929
30,000
1931
20,000
1939
10,000
Transcribed Image Text:DATA TABLE Year Deer Population In 1906, the Kaibab Plateau was established as a preserve to reestablish the deer population. Unfortunately, the Kaibab forest area had already been overgrazed by livestock and predator populations were firmly established. As a result, the deer population was well below its carrying capacity of 30,000. To protect the deer, hunting was banned, predators were exterminated and livestock grazing was limited. By 1923, the deer were on the verge of 1905 4,000 1910 9,000 1915 25,000 1920 65,000 1924 100,000 starvation. Predators were then reintroduced and 1925 60,000 hunting was allowed. 1926 40,000 1928 35,000 1929 30,000 1931 20,000 1939 10,000
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