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  1. Creating snags with explosives.

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    Author(s): Evelyn L. Bull; Arthur D. Partridge; Wayne G. Williams
    Date: 1981
    Source: Res. Note PNW-RN-393. Portland,OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p
    Publication Series: Research Note (RN)
    Station: Pacific Northwest Research Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RN-393
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    The tops of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) trees were blown off with dynamite to create nest sites for cavity-nesting wildlife. The procedure included drilling a hole almost through the trunk, inserting the dynamite, and setting the charge with primacord and fuse. Trees were simultaneously innoculated with a decay organism. The average cost was $30 per tree.

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    Bull, Evelyn L.; Partridge, Arthur D.; Williams, Wayne G. 1981. Creating snags with explosives. Res. Note PNW-RN-393. Portland,OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p

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    Birds, nesting, snags, wildlife habitat

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