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#Forest
Management
Study offers rare long-term analysis of techniques for creating standing dead trees for wildlife habitat.
"Snags support multiple functions within forest ecosystems, They provide vertical structure and contribute to nutrient flows and carbon cycling in addition to providing habitat for a diversity of organisms. But many have been lost from managed forests, especially large-diameter snags."
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-rare-term-analysis-techniques-dead.html
Paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037811272300885X
Yep.
At my place we have several large snags, on our private land, the National forest surrounding us, not so much. The Forest workers near by all agree we need more. But it takes time and money to identify the correct Fir trees. and "snag" them.
btw
the snags at my place are homes to huge amount of life.
@corlin Good job! Nice to have a real forest around you. :) I'm dealing with the city arguing with me. They are grass worshipers.
Even the buckthorn, I've converted to cut, shove the bottom off the base and poison the roots or bag the stump. That mostly leaves them upright.
@corlin I've created many snags along with woodpiles. I have to argue with everyone about it. A guy who removed my 60' dead pine that overhung my garage and electric wires was adamant I needed to remove all the snags in the woods (no where near a structure or electric line) bcuz it's 'dangerous'. Sighs.