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Creating dead hedgerows for wildlife.

 
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Good morning folks! I wanna find out how we create dead hedges for short term shelter or breeding for all types of wildlife that are finding a secure refuge from human distrurbance and fragmentation. You all seen how it's done in England? I'd like to create an American version of it for wildlife. Please reach me if you all need me. Take care.
 
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In Australia I have just stacked them into heaps about 4 feet high in the middle of the land and fauna use it as they need.
 
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I have piles of brush all over my property that are home to a lot of wildlife.

There is even a PEP BB (bage bits) for this:

https://permies.com/wiki/108150/pep-animal-care/Brush-Pile-PEP-BB-animal
 
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If you don't have an existing hedgerow to work with you can always pile up branches between stakes/poles.
Our version is quite tidy (our meaning our environmental association on one of the community-owned biotops we are managing).
The corn field in the background is not part of our biotop anymore but of the neighbouring farmer. The wood pile serves as a natural barrier to part of the outline of the area.
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stacked wood, brushes, twigs
stacked wood, brushes, twigs
 
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Good morning all of you! How are ya? Wanna find out which type of critters are drawn to that habitat in Austraila. And which creatures benefit from them man made habitats in America? I'm looking for the same effect as it has in the U.K. Could vines and other vegetation create mega shelter a breeding refuge from human and animal predators?  Could we draw deer, raccoons and other larger mammals to our brush area if some of us live in near rural or wild areas? And could they be created at roadsides? Thanks for coming in.
 
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