standing dead

in our part of the world, woodpecker holes and bracket fungus are the two infallible signs that a tree has died, even in winter when no deciduous trees carry leaves. in 2007, the ham lake fire burned 40,000 acres along the gunflint trails, and the woodpeckers have been feasting ever since.

superior national forest, gunflint trail, minnesota

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