I am working on the Bay-Wise checklist and have a question about Habitat 5, reducing hazards to wildlife. I have heavy deer pressure on my property and have fenced in young trees and shrubs. The first trees were installed by a native nursery/landscape outfit and they used black plastic mesh anchored on metal stakes. I have reused the mesh and stakes on other trees and shrubs I planted myself. Now I read in Habitat 5 that I should avoid using "plastic mesh netting". I'm wondering if what I've been using is considered netting. I have two different thicknesses of plastic mesh, the thinner one being easier to find. The thicker ones are what the landscaper used. Both have been effective at keeping the deer from nibbling. What should I use instead? Metal mesh seems unwieldly and unattractive. Repellents work, sort of, and I use them (rotating different types) for shrubs close to the house. However I need to protect trees in the woods and it is harder for me to keep up with reapplications. I'm trying to restore the once full woods which were decimated by emerald ash borer, Dutch Elm disease and aging trees knocked down in storms.