Good idea in the wild, but in a place where there are lots of people, one
has to think of what it hits when it falls after the roots rot enough--it's
just fine until that instant when the last bit of rot or burrowing rodent or
whatever cuts the last bit of dead tissue--and BAM! Somebody's dead. Drawing
birds and other creatures into the urban context is wonderful, but I worry
about the populations of predators like domestic and feral cats and the lack
of understory for laddering fledglings up off the ground when they make
their first hard landing. Context is everything.
WT
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From: "eann" <e...@gsinet.net>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:02 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Tree stump removal in sensitive area
Rather than worry about stump removal, why not cut the tree off higher up
and leave it for cavity birds?
Ann
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E. Ann Poole, NH-CWS
Poole Ecological Consultancy
PO Box 890, 741 Beard Rd
Hillsborough, NH 03244
(603)478-1178
e...@gsinet.net
www.eannpoole.com
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