These traditions inform modern forest management techniques (e.g., prescribed burning and piling and burning), but the physical harvesting of dead wood without combustion is now being explored as ...

There are signs of change. In recent years, policymakers in Europe and the United States have begun to encourage deadwood preservation—for instance, with forest management plans requiring that ...

You can find lots of different types of dead wood in the forest, like fallen trees and sticks and branches that have dropped to the ground. Dead wood is home to lots of different animals.

A state plan to clear white pines in the Manuel F. Correllus Forest on Martha's Vineyard has caused debate. The state has ...

Basic logic dictates that the more accurate and detailed knowledge one has about a problem, the better one can solve it. Take ...

Deadwood is a critical component in the structure and functioning of the forest. March 2020 (Baia Mare) – WWF-Romania, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, P.S. Pasternak-UkKRIMF, the Forestry ...

The dead wood is now being cleared and carted away ... After all, reforestation aimed at using the forest for carbon capture only works if the carbon is permanently stored in the plants. When the ...

Excess fuels such as vegetation and dead wood allow wildfires to burn hotter and longer. These burns help mitigate the risk of extreme wildfires for both the forest and surrounding communities ...

The large and integral forest area supports complete food webs including viable populations of large mammals and large carnivores (wolf, lynx and otter) amongst other. The richness in dead wood, ...