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Salvaging this area would remove future sites that would have served for
reproduction of tree species (Franklin, Cromack, Kermit, et al. others,
1981).



Salvaging this area would remove a clearly important function of a system
containing trees (Franklin, Cromack, Kermit, et al. others, 1981).



Note: The phenomenon of nurse logs is widespread in the forest types of
the Pacific North- west. Minore (1972) found that seedlings of both Sitka
spruce and western hemlocks were more numerous and taller on so called
rotten logs than on the adjacent forest floor at Cascade Head Experimental
Forest (Franklin, Cromack, Kermit, et al. others, 1981).



Salvaging this area would remove CWD that would have functioned as
seedbeds or nurse logs for some trees species and many species of
bryophytes, fungi, and lichens, and some flowering plants (Table 7.6)
(Samuelsson et al. 1994; D.F. Fraser, pers. comm., 1995; E.C. Lea, pers.
comm., 1995) (Voller and Harrison, 1998).



Note: In the Crowsnest Forest, 40-70% of natural seedlings were rooted in
decayed wood in old growth and 24% were rooted in decayed wood in
cutblocks (S. Berch, pers. comm., 1995). CWD may be important to the
establishment of vascular plants around wet sites such as ponds and bogs
(Voller and Harrison, 1998).



NOTE: Page 203 has a list of some vascular plants closely associated with
CWD in BC (Voller and Harrison, 1998).



Conclusion: The capacity and ability, of CWD, to enhance the health of
threatened and endangered species too often goes unobserved such as in the
Painter Run Windthrow Salvage Project.



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--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Yard Man
http://home.ccil.org/~treedman
and www.treeddictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding
us that we are not the boss.
Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books
that will give them understanding.