Evaluating winter damage to the yard, I checked out the splint we made for a young injured Mountain Ash that snapped during a dark, cold December blizzard, and discovered the little crippled tree had been feasted on by moose! Every branch was cropped. As I checked the other yearling trees I found all the deciduous varieties had been munched by moose. My yard was used for meals last winter! It will be interesting to see if these tender saplings recover. It is tough to establish new trees on this moose infested, wind swept, rocky gravel lot next to the lake in Wasilla, Alaska. Dawggone it!
Gail Niebrugge, landscape painter
