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Posted by StriperChaser on December 31, 2004, 8:31 am Notebook Back to nature best bet for Christmas trees Christmas trees by the hundreds of thousands have been, or soon will be, taken down across the Carolinas.Landfills aren't the best disposal sites. Wildlife agency officials in both states say the trees can "keep on giving" as fish and wildlife cover. Sunken trees serve as fish attractors for species like bream, crappie and largemouth bass. "Even though the needles of Christmas trees will brown and eventually fall off in two or three months, if you get enough trees piled up they will make good cover," said Lex Glover, a wildlife biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. -- TOM HIGGINS
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Posted on Thu, Dec. 30, 2004
Brush piles formed by discarded Christmas trees provide resting and escape cover for small game creatures like quail and rabbits.
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