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Hi All, Dec 4, 2013
I sense some politically correct ideas floating to the surface in =
these recent e-mails so I wish to interject some biologically correct =
ideas.
Snags sometimes can be good centers of biodiversity; no question. =
They sometimes can be, after bark is shed, quite barren of activity =
including fungal growth, until they fall and gain earth contact.=20
Pileated, although they sometimes will work a dead snag or a fallen =
rotten birch they mostly feed on ants in live softwood trees (Hemlock, =
Fir, Spruce) and something (probably ants) near the tops of Poplar. =
Usually when I prune branches from Hardwood trees in the yard I leave =
stubs 2-8' long. Downy & Hairy feed on these as they age but I have yet =
to see a Pileated there. But just a few feet away I usually see a =
Pileated every year or so on the live Crack-Willow (arthropods in bark =
crevices ?) and when the Five-fingered Ivy fruits, feeding upside down =
on these vines which have climbed a Black Cherry. Pileated also like =
Dogwood fruit and I watched one strip a shrub, upside down again, while =
I ate lunch.=20
And one of the best ways to provide growth & feeding opportunities =
in live, dying and dead trees into the future is to burn more wood and =
less petrochemical fuels. Except for the carbon cost of cutting and =
hauling wood, the burning of wood is carbon neutral, in spite of =
short-sighted foolishness to the contrary. On the other hand all of the =
carbon in petrochemicals is new to the atmosphere and by the time they =
arrive in your dooryard already have a large carbon burden; =
exploration, extraction & transportation.
The wood should of course be cut selectively, with an eye to giving =
healthy long-lived trees adequate room and encouraging a wide diversity =
of tree and shrub species. But burning wood cut in any way is a step in =
the right direction.=20
Yt DW
"To save the forest you must burn trees" DW 2013
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Nancy P Dowd=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Leave those old snags up!
And when all else fails leave as much of the trunk and limbs as =
possible on the forest floor to benefit the birds, plants etc. This is =
what I had them do with my old dying maple that was in the path of the =
excavator at the camp.=20
Nancy
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 4, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:
A better link than the gigantic google url is : =
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/deadwoodwithnotes.pdf
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> =
wrote:
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, James W. Wolford =
<jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:
"c
heck out the 16-page paper on Dead Wood that was done several =
years ago by the World Wildlife Fund"
Eurocentric, but an interesting read.
Dead Wood - Living Forests pdf
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Rick Ballard=20
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada=20
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Rick Ballard=20
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada=20
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<DIV> I sense some politically correct ideas floating =
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correct=20
ideas.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Snags sometimes can be good centers of =
biodiversity; no=20
question. They sometimes can be, after bark is shed, quite barren of =
activity=20
including fungal growth, until they fall and gain earth contact. =
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<DIV> Pileated, although they sometimes will work a =
dead snag=20
or a fallen rotten birch they mostly feed on ants in live softwood trees =
(Hemlock, Fir, Spruce) and something (probably ants) near the =
tops of=20
Poplar. Usually when I prune branches from Hardwood trees in =
the yard=20
I leave stubs 2-8' long. Downy & Hairy feed on these as they =
age but I=20
have yet to see a Pileated there. But just a few feet away I usually see =
a=20
Pileated every year or so on the live Crack-Willow (arthropods in bark =
crevices=20
?) and when the Five-fingered Ivy fruits, feeding upside down on these =
vines=20
which have climbed a Black Cherry. Pileated also like Dogwood fruit and =
I=20
watched one strip a shrub, upside down again, while I ate lunch. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> And one of the best ways to provide growth=20
& feeding opportunities in live, dying and dead trees into =
the=20
future is to burn more wood and less petrochemical fuels. Except for the =
carbon=20
cost of cutting and hauling wood, the burning of wood is carbon neutral, =
in=20
spite of short-sighted foolishness to the contrary. On the other hand =
all of the=20
carbon in petrochemicals is new to the atmosphere and by the =
time they=20
arrive in your dooryard already have a large carbon burden;=20
exploration, extraction & transportation.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The wood should of course be cut selectively, =
with an=20
eye to giving healthy long-lived trees adequate room and encouraging a =
wide=20
diversity of tree and shrub species. But burning wood cut in any way is =
a step=20
in the right direction. </DIV>
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<DIV>Yt DW</DIV>
<DIV>"To save the forest you must burn trees" DW 2013</DIV>
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