Sparse ground cover means the threat of fire is greatly reduced, a danger further lessened by the relative paucity of dead bristlecone needles in a landscape where trees are few and far between.

However, we do not recommend keeping them standing unless you can guarantee that no people, domesticated animals, or property will ever be in their path if they fall. If you have a dead tree that ...

Larch trees are steadily becoming less visible in the landscape and if we are to retain ... do that is to fell and remove affected, dying and dead larch trees. “All felling operations are ...