Follow the rules.
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Gee,I'm so old,being born and raised way back in the 20th century.Back then we believed that pruning dead wood from a tree improved it's health.Has something changed?
LOL - I think you are just supposed to hug the tree to improve it's health.Originally Posted by Five Tango
In some places even picking up dead-fall off the ground is considered harming the 'biosphere'.
I can't help but wonder if anyone has ever pruned a briar down to ground level because it was growing between "two perfect trees"?
I'll admit, I've stomped many a fern.
Ferns are people too.
As my HF name infers, I like chopping wood, especially the small useless undergrowth between two good hammock trees. No harm no foul there, and I will continue to do so. My trace is minimal to nil. HYOH and lets not trip over minutia.
#fernlivesmatter
I have no issue removing a few stray branches and some ground cover that helps improve my safe hanging space.
I knew a person named Fern. He was my Lifesaving Merit Badge instructor at Boy Scout summer camp. I had to rescue him. He tried to fight my rescue once I had him in a cross chest carry. I dug my fingers into his armpit and pulled - he settled right down.
I make my LNT decisions based on the circumstances. I have yet to make camp in a pristine location. Heavily impacted campsites give me less pause then their periphery. I am very careful where there's no obvious previous human impact. I will gleefully destroy Japanese Barberry at any opportunity.
There is only 1 plant that I actively (and gleefully destroy) around a camp/hang site is Urtica dioica (also called stinging nettle). The worst thing in the world is waking up and stepping on the plant barefoot. Talk about killing a good trip.
Now that I have moved to hanging I have found that I seem to leave less of a footprint then when I was in a tent, as long as I do it right that is.
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