“Forest Health”

[davidwyby]

More and pics later but for now, I’m wondering about dead and dying trees in a mountain pine forest. Standing and on the ground. How many are good or bad? They make habitat for critters and nutrients for the other trees, but also fire hazard...hmmm?

 

[BonScott46]

Depends on management goals.

 

[Deets066]

Out with the dead and in with the new.

 

[davidwyby]

Goals are going to be more towards having a forest and wildlife, and fire resistance. Not harvesting trees.

 

[Homemade]

Notice he said out with the “dead” and not out with the old. A proper thinning will encourage growth of underbrush. Deer like it thick to provide protection from predators


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[davidwyby]

8,000' desert mountains, chapparal grows thick to about 5-6,000', then some mixed small oak in the ravines, and then open big pine forest. Brush doesn't grow much up higher, regardless of trees. Well, some in the lower/wetter areas like ravines. But where I'm looking at is just pines. I'm looking for an excuse to play with saws up there, but want to do good, not harm. I see a lot of bird nests in woodpecker holes in the standing dead.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Lightning Performance]

67' Nova

 

[davidwyby]

Yeah shoulda kept it and made a rat muscle car

 

[Lightning Performance]

Yeah shoulda kept it and made a rat muscle car

Um... no.
It was junk with twenty pounds of lead in it. Beer money or dinner was a win on that wreck

 

[59billy]

Um... no.
It was junk with twenty pounds of lead in it. Beer money or dinner was a win on that wreck

It'll buff out.

 

[davidwyby]

Lots of rotten on the ground

white pine got confused and thinks it’s a bush?

man would be fun to fell this’n
Lots more rotten logs.
Sorry, sometimes I forget to hold the phone sideways for you guys. Watch your neck now...

point of pic is this is one of those trees with three different species of birds nesting in the woodpecker holes...

More rotten off the deck. Bug and fire hazard methinks?

The young trees tend to spring up close to each other. I assume later on it’s survival off the fittest.

 

[davidwyby]

This one died over winter. Frost? Lightning?

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

@jacob j.

 

[davidwyby]

I think it's drought and beetles.