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The day-to-day activities revolve around careful planning and execution, where patience is as crucial as the physical labor involved. McDonald highlights the importance of having a solid team, low deer density, and financial backing to maximize the survival chances of newly planted saplings. They’ve adopted radical conservation measures, which include mass culling of red deer, whose habits of feasting on young trees threaten the success of their reforestation efforts.
The local hunters express their concerns, viewing this aggressive conservation strategy as a threat to their traditions and livelihood. Hunting is ingrained in the local culture, and many hunters are skeptical about the strict measures imposed by conservationists in the name of biodiversity.