Dead trees can fall on top of each other. The lumber pile of multiple ( thousands ? ) of large dead pine trees can be well over eight feet high and very wide.
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Our forests and timberland would benefit greatly if the polititions and wacko enviros would let trained foresters manage them, they have the expertise contrary to what the enviros say.
Years ago I hunted with a group for several years in the mountains above Beaver, UT. There was a large tract of timber that had dead trees piled so high it was impossible to walk through, standing trees were sick and dying, it was a mess. Don’t know if it’s still that way or something has been done to correct it.