So a lot of people remember the storm on May24th weekend of this year that created some of the most historic timber damage dating back past the infamous "ice storm" of the 90s.

I've been working in residential and commercial tree removal and got to see first hand that amount of straight up damage to property from fallen trees, broken tops of Sw, Maple losing large limbs, length wise cracks on co-dominant trees straight onto the house roof, etc.

That being said, the thing that has struck me has been on crown land or in woodlots looking into the treeline now that all the leaves have fallen and seeing the the ridiculous number of danger trees. The other day we were on wooded private property removing some large but otherwise healthy poplar. The primary site hazard is dangerous trees x100. Multiple snags 45 degree angle or greater, a lot of the dead ash trees have now toppled onto healthy or unhealthy trees. Certainly want to be careful winter camping when setting up in the dark, a nice clearing might be underneath a few snags all leaning on each other.

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