Easy Way to Make Wildlife Habitat Piles

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • An easy way to make wildlife habitat piles. I use wood waste from my Woodmizer LT15 sawmill. I could make firewood out of this material but I already have too much. I will show the easy way to turn this waste into wildlife habitat. Habitat piles like this have many cavities that will likely be used by lizards, frogs, salamanders, scorpions, mice, and many other small animals. One end of it has a larger den that could be used by foxes, raccoons, or other larger animals. 

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  • @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052
    @vintagemotorcyclerepair4052 8 місяців тому +10

    A bug and wildlife hotel has lots of merit. That's real conservation; making the leavings of forest management earn their keep even after processing.

  • @DanielAtkinsFirewood
    @DanielAtkinsFirewood 10 місяців тому +5

    A nice, healthy fiber dump in the woods for wildlife. That makes sense 🤪👍
    We also learned today that you don't like mice getting into your stuff. 😁👍

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +2

      I wondered if anyone would pick up on my subtle hints that I don’t like mice getting into my stuff. 😁

    • @Twobrothersoutdoors
      @Twobrothersoutdoors 10 місяців тому +2

      We leave our tree tops where they fall. The wildlife love the tops for cover, food and bedding. Old growth forest's, beautiful as they are, sustain very little wildlife.

  • @MsdMakingSawDust
    @MsdMakingSawDust 10 місяців тому +7

    I do the same thing with a lot of ours that I don’t burn. I’ve two good piles going right now down in our woods next to a creek .
    In one pile I noticed rabbit
    Tracks coming out from under it. That’s the easy way… now let’s see the hard way 😂😂
    Thanks for sharing

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +2

      I was trying to avoid the hard way. But maybe one day the easy way won’t work and I will show the hard way.

  • @mikehughes2026
    @mikehughes2026 10 місяців тому +4

    Downright neighborly of you Michael to create a one-stop Chow house for the larger carnivores, though for the reptiles it’s more like the Hotel of doom! 🇺🇸

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +1

      One animals chow house is another animals Hotel of doom. Not quite the Disney version of nature but more realistic.

  • @paulchristensen6722
    @paulchristensen6722 10 місяців тому +3

    Looks like there’s been a bear tearing into that log looking for grubs

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +1

      You are probably right, I wouldn’t put it past them.

  • @sparkkie804
    @sparkkie804 10 місяців тому +2

    Love that truck!!

  • @lpeterman
    @lpeterman 10 місяців тому +2

    And Newts! Don't forget the Newts! (Not to be confused with Salamanders, Skinks, or "Jake-no-shoulders"...)
    Seriously, well done sir; as a long-time 'bio-den' builder and preacher of such, I commend your efforts, to convert the masses.
    Another 'likeroo' from your neighbour to the North.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +1

      I did forget the newts. I have been reminded several times of the newts in recent years and I still forget the newts, to not call them salamanders.

    • @lpeterman
      @lpeterman 10 місяців тому

      Well, there you go! When those little amphibians get frisky, snap a few photos and send them to OSU as "Newtie Pictures."@@WilsonForestLands

  • @barrysmith7168
    @barrysmith7168 10 місяців тому +2

    I like your presentation style and your outlook. Keep it up

  • @southernadirondackoutdoors
    @southernadirondackoutdoors 10 місяців тому +1

    Good use of excess wood!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +2

      Yes and there may be a fine line between a good use of excess of wood and just being lazy and dumping wood because you don’t want to deal with it. 😁

    • @southernadirondackoutdoors
      @southernadirondackoutdoors 10 місяців тому +1

      @@WilsonForestLands Our sawmill property has three pits on it dug by the prior owner, guess what they are getting filled back in with 😁

  • @davidedwards3734
    @davidedwards3734 10 місяців тому +1

    Great job!! I've dumped some wood not good enough for firewood!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the reminder, time for a swig of water.

  • @geezerindawoods
    @geezerindawoods 10 місяців тому +1

    I call my piles Rabbit Condos.... Well Dun!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, that’s a good name for them. I have seen some more deliberately stacked piles that would make good condos. I may do some of those.

  • @stevenbenavente1229
    @stevenbenavente1229 10 місяців тому

    Good job

  • @JohnDoe-qg6hm
    @JohnDoe-qg6hm 3 місяці тому

    We call that fly tipping in the uk ! :) Nobody use biomass power generation in your area ?

  • @TheOldManAndTheSaw
    @TheOldManAndTheSaw 10 місяців тому +1

    I'll bet the mice don't like you either................Michael.
    Good idea for the off-cuts though.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому

      I am not sure why they wouldn’t like me. After all the peanut butter I have fed them on spring loaded platters.

    • @TheOldManAndTheSaw
      @TheOldManAndTheSaw 10 місяців тому

      Same here.

  • @texascottonfarmer
    @texascottonfarmer 9 місяців тому +2

    "Riparian" . . . now there's a word you don't hear very often, at least outside of academic circles.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  9 місяців тому +1

      We use it a lot in forestry. Especially since forsters and wildlife government people are very sensitive about what you do in the riparian areas.

  • @andysmith8544
    @andysmith8544 10 місяців тому

    We have a secret stash of culvert pipe too...

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому

      Always good to have a stash of culverts when you have land.

  • @VicsYard
    @VicsYard 10 місяців тому

    7.3L just pushing that trailer at an idle.

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  9 місяців тому

      Transfer case in low range, plenty of torque at idle. Of my trucks it’s my favorite for maneuvering trailers.

  • @edwinlikeshistractor8521
    @edwinlikeshistractor8521 10 місяців тому

    You really don't like mice!

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому

      I wouldn’t mind them so much if they had some manners. Chewing on people’s things and leaving excrement on and in them is rather rude in my opinion.

  • @joeyrector1015
    @joeyrector1015 10 місяців тому

    That's using your head. Think about the wildlife. I've done that before myself

    • @WilsonForestLands
      @WilsonForestLands  10 місяців тому

      Excellent, hopefully your wildlife appreciated it.

    • @joeyrector1015
      @joeyrector1015 10 місяців тому

      @@WilsonForestLands they do.