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There is Life in a Dead Tree<\/h4>\n

Dead and dying trees, often thought of as dangerous or unsightly, are usually removed. When a tree poses little threat to human safety, allowing it to remain in place provides habitat. The National Wildlife Federation defines a dead tree that\u00a0is\u00a0left in place to decompose naturally as a\u00a0snag<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The sabal palm tree pictured at\u00a0right is in the parking lot at town hall. The tree became stressed and did not survive transplant, dying slowly over a period of about a year.\u00a0 As part of regular maintenance, it was slated for removal.<\/p>\n

Staff noticed active use of the tree by both an eastern gray squirrel as well as repeated use by an unconfirmed species of woodpecker. While a public parking lot is not an ideal spot for a snag, the dead palm provides an opportunity for the Town to highlight the usefulness of snags and to bring awareness to another thing that makes our wonderful community so unique.\u00a0 Many wildlife species depend on dead trees, without which they would disappear. With\u00a0more land on our properties than in surrounding areas,\u00a0Ranchers may be able to safely allow dead trees to remain for the use of\u00a0wildlife species that depend on decaying wood. When a tree dies in a relatively safe area, possibly the most beneficial action is to take no action at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Town\u2019s arborist will\u00a0monitor this snag on a daily basis, allowing it to remain in place while active use by wildlife is observable. Tree stakes, which would ordinarily have been removed within the first year of the tree being transplanted, will also be left in place to reduce risk of the tree falling.<\/p>\n

For more information about what you can do to enhance habitat for wildlife, visit:
\nGarden for Wildlife<\/a>
\nAttracting Wildlife with Dead Trees<\/a>
\nU.S. Forestry Service Wildlife Trees<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is Life in a Dead Tree Dead and dying trees, often thought of as dangerous or unsightly, are usually removed. When a tree poses little threat to human safety, allowing it to remain in place provides habitat. The National Wildlife Federation defines a dead tree that\u00a0is\u00a0left in place to decompose naturally as a\u00a0snag. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":714,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"department-template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 02:03:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/894\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestranches.sgssys.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}