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From: cmyles@milton.acs.washington.edu (Cathy Myles)
Newsgroups: rec.birds,rec.backcountry,sci.environment
Subject: Snags: Impact of Widespread Removal
Message-ID: <1220@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 90 06:08:50 GMT
Reply-To: cmyles@milton.acs.washington.edu (Cathy Myles)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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My nephew is doing a project on 'snags' and has asked me to gather 
information for him.

Snags are a home for many different types of birds, bugs, and other
animals. At the same time they are a hazard to people walking around
underneath them, especially loggers. The result of them being a 
hazard is that the British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board 
(injury insurance for workers) penalises loggers for not cutting them 
down.

In the project my nephew wants to consider whether cutting the snags 
down is a good or bad idea. I would like mail about: what is done 
about them where you live, opinions on what should be done, what 
animals might be threatened by widespread snag removal, and anything 
else you can think of.

Thanks in advance.    Jamie