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When timber harvest is allowed, how does it replace the work of fire?

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During wildfires, the nutrients from dead trees are returned to the soil. ... After fires, the charred remnants of burned trees provide habitats for insects and small wildlife, like the black-backed woodpecker and the threatened spotted owl, which make their homes in dry, hollow bark.

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