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Snag remaining after timber harvest

By Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
A lone dead tree on a hillside overlooking a valley with farmland
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A snag - or dead tree- remaining after timber harvest on BLM land in Eugene, OR. The western purple martin, a declining songbird species, depends on snags for nesting.

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Public Domain.

Photo by Lorelle Sherman, USDA