© 2024 KNAU Arizona Public Radio
Arizona Public Radio | Your Source for NPR News
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Earth Notes - Saving Snags

KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio
Published June 4, 2008 at 4:18 AM MST
A ponderosa pine snag near Camp Navajo, west of Flagstaff. Standing dead trees, or snags, are considered an integral habitat component of cavity-nesting birds and other wildlife in the coniferous forests of the southwestern United States.
A ponderosa pine snag near Camp Navajo, west of Flagstaff. Standing dead trees, or snags, are considered an integral habitat component of cavity-nesting birds and other wildlife in the coniferous forests of the southwestern United States.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-714820.mp3

Flagstaff, AZ – Standing, dead trees are important wildlife habitat in the southwest. That's part of the reason why logging them after fires and bark beetle outbreaks has proved so controversial.
Earth Notes