Introduced sheep, goats, deer alter natural ecosystem of Gulf Islands

JEDEDIAH ISLAND — Larri Woodrow, a hunter, ties his aluminum punt to the Long Bay shoreline and walks across a border of green grass in search of prey.
“Fresh footprints,” says the retired school teacher, eyes scouring the ground. “They were grazing here this morning.”
We continue on through a soothing forest of big-leaf maple, western red cedar and Douglas fir, and come to the edge of a large meadow. “I hear them,” Woodrow whispers. “Right over th