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Forester gives pros, cons to using trees for fence posts It's true mortality rate is not increased for trees with fences attached - except for lightning - but value of tree as time is diminished. A more serious threat to tree health is cattle Comments re article 65112 Joyce Coomer On Fencing There is also an issue of money By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester Kentucky Division of Forestry Concerning the nailing of wire to trees, Joyce is correct in that almost a hundred percent of the time wire being attached to trees will not cause them to become sick or die prematurely with the one exception of a lightning strike on a tree that might run the wire and damage additional trees that otherwise might have been outside the "ground-zero" strike zone. I know that was a long sentence but I forgot to breath . . . Additionally, the driving of fence post in the woods or digging of post holes in the woods could create root damage and that being an unnatural occurrence for which nature has very few remedies, could prove to be more life threatening to the trees than above ground injuries. However, nailing fence to trees does diminish their value considerably. The most valuable log on about any tree is the butt or first log. No sawmill or veneer mill will knowingly receive logs with wire in them and in fact many mills have metal detectors to prevent their valuable saws from hitting hidden metal objects. Since one of the most destructive forces to trees and forests outside of bulldozers and track-hoes is cattle, I would suggest building fence around the perimeter of forested areas and woodlots to prevent grazing animals from entering. - Billy Joe Fudge This story was posted on 2014-02-07 03:49:26
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