too larry
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A lot of blowdowns will be left. Not so much because of habitat, just that it cost more than it's worth to clean them up. It's too late now to salvage anything. The mills stopped taking downed trees a couple of three months ago. Most of the timber companies cut what they could right away. Smaller land owners like me had to try to get loggers. My cousins had a relationship with the timber broker, and they got their trees, but ran out of time on mine.What becomes of all the blowndown trees? Are all salvaged or do they leave some for animal habitat? I'm assuming that it is mostly if not all private property around there?
I haven't seriously priced what it would take to clear the land. I know its more than I'm willing to pay. The plan for the planted pines behind the house is to wait three years, then burn them. {and hope no one throws out a butt before then}
The last month a lot of the live blow downs are dying. Not sure if it's the dry hot weather, or if they would have died anyway.