Wildlife Danger Tree Workshop

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Wildlife Danger Tree Workshop

• Bill Otani

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Wildlife

• First there is no policy that puts wildlife
  before human safety.

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We can use wildlife to help our approach to
danger trees.

• Help us to recognize there is value in those
  trees-Dead and down trees are part of the
  ecological Fabric. Size and numbers matter to
  wildlife. They make up home and habitat for many
  important species and functions, Balance
• Help us read some of the signs as to a trees
  health and condition. Often lots of wildlife
  activity is and indicator of stress or bug
  activity or decay.

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What the Danger tree policy is not

• License to cut down every dead or dying tree
• Way to get volume to the mill,
• A way to get that needed bunk log
• A way to keep the SSSF fund solvent etc

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The way we implement this policy will be
monitored by the public. We have seem many legal
challenges, Articles and reviews etc on our dead
tree policy.
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What might be the role of your biologist be as
you implement this policy?

• Help you develop creditably for your
  implementation of the policy
• Help you to document some of your rationale in
  your determination.
• Help you to meet some of the forest plans
  standards and guides.
• Help us track some commitment we as an Agency has
  made to other (USFWL Service)

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Some thoughts.

• The values of the trees or material are there.
• Consider what maybe a greatest benefit.
• And what our policy calls for in that allocation
• Fish log in stream structure
• Energy dissipater to stop erosion
• Nurse log or future wildlife dening site
• The list goes on.

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If this policy is to become creditable it will
depend on you.

• I ask that you
• Communicate with your biologist
• Consider the situation.
• That you are Careful

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Thank you
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