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A Celebration of Dead Trees

by Gale Lawrence | June 29th 2011 |

I manage for dead trees. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t actually go out and kill them, but when I see an aging giant showing signs of decline, or notice a top blown off, or look up to my ridge and locate the stark silhouette of the long-dead pine that marks my northwest corner, I perceive value.

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