Habitat tree

[CHOPPER]

Blackbutt reduced for habitat tree.
Left a little something on top for them as tree was at catholic school

 

[ATH]

Removed an elm for a client today that was in an old fence row between 2 houses...tried to convinced them to let me leave a 12-15' stub for the woodpeckers (they probably have 10 various bird feeder and houses back there). No go.

It is great to leave those when we can!

 

[JD3000]

I catch Hell for cutting down dead near paths but like to leave a bit for habitat as well. Ones in the deep woods can stand til they fall as far as we're concerned.

 

[ATH]

You've got a legal responsibility to cut dead near public park paths....

 

[JD3000]

That's what they're told repeatedly. Don't seem to get that there's plenty of other dead habitat trees everywhere

 

[CHOPPER]

Obviously got to be done in the right spot

 

[ATH]

You should offer to kill two trees away from the paths for every dead tree along a path that you remove.

 

[JD3000]

You should offer to kill two trees away from the paths for every dead tree along a path that you remove.

Perfect plan. I'll get some triclopyr and diesel mixed up now.

 

[CHOPPER]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=593402524154525

 

[southsoundtree]

Good content.

Seems like the location is questionable, if that's a public path.

 

[CHOPPER]

Good content.

Seems like the location is questionable, if that's a public path.

Totally agree.
I questioned my liability after that one as it was commissioned by the local council. It was removed 6 months later

 

[southsoundtree]

Here, the Federal Government has stopped covering employee's butts for jobs assigned to them, I'm told by a former US Forest Service retiree, in discussion of liability over having been assigned to build a 'log ride' on a downed tree on a mountain biking trail.

I wouldn't have thought it was a concern, being a trail feature, designed on an heavily engineered and built trail.


I can't imagine who thought that wouldn't be a liability, seeing those huge apartment buildings (guessing) in the back.


I'm all for habitat trees in reasonable places!

Just had my first one fall in the last year. 30' tall and vertical. 10 years from 'snagged out' to failure.