Brush piles are usually not extensive enough for good refuge areas. Plus brush piles are only good dense refuge for one or two years then they turn into fluffy cover due to rapid decomp of the twigs. This compares to natural vegetation that expands and improves each year.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 04/04/15 06:33 PM.

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