Wildlife cuts

[southsoundtree]

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Guy, What are some tree friendly ways to promote wildlife?

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1. Jam sticks into forks as foundations for nests

2. Excavate decayed hollow to increase den size.

3. Use logs as erosion bars, and pack low spots in natural areas with brush

4. fasten bark plates on big trunks for bats.

etc. etc. I got a ppt on this; wish i could attach it here:

Ornitho-Arboriculture: Advanced Tree Care Strategies Increase Wildlife Habitat

When arborists remove dead branches and dead trees, they remove valuable habitat. But there are many ways that urban trees can be managed to increase habitat, from crisscrossing branches in treetops for raptors to installing bathouses and birdhouses to laying logs against the earth to control erosion, build the soil, and give a home to small but ecologically important critters.

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These are great concepts. If you find the PPT or just have more ideas, please post.

Thanks.


One book on our shelf is "Landscaping for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest". Looks to be published by University of Washington Press and WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Each region will have specifics to match local flora and fauna.

 

[TC]

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I was at the TCIA expo and walked up near the end of a presentation on using cuts to promote wild life on dead or dying trees that don't pose a danger buildings or targets. I was curious if people could share what they know about this or any good books or websites that would have information I could use.

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There is only one place to go if you want to know everything about wildlife cuts (known as coronet cuts in the UK)and fracture pruning and thats arbtalk.co.uk. Monkey D is the man to ask. Check out the tree health forum.

you may need to log in to view the pics but its well worth it.

Type 'coronet cuts' into the search facility.

 

[guymayor]

Sean i'll figure out how to put up a ppt someday. local audubon-type groups are great audiences for this kind of thing. here's the rest of the blurb:

Different ways of managing trees and birds together will be demonstrated in public gardens such as the JC Raulston Arboretum, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park, and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

We will also survey the many ways that problem trees can be improved and maintained in the urban landscape with an acceptable level of risk. Questions will be encouraged because a high degree of interaction helps us all learn from each other. 60 minute ppt.

also, attached is some great work from the UK; wildlife stuff at the end

 

[Roger_Barnett]

I just made this snag last week.

I usually bore one or two holes of varying size. Hard to do real small ones with a chainsaw.

Easy to make a bathouse: do an upcut, open the kerf a tiny bit, and if the bark is smooth, make some horizontal cuts to give the critters something to grab when landing.

 

[southsoundtree]

Roger,

Nice snag.

What are you doing, now or later, if anything, to prevent massive suckering out?

Girdling with a chainsaw?
Round-up?

 

[Roger_Barnett]

That maple, just a couple houses away from the big that I posted about, (dying of VW) was also dead.

Girdling would be best. Particularly if the tree were in a greenbelt or slope where keeping the roots alive would be good.