A rotten trunk is spongy and soaked in water, because is rotten, so is less burnable than an alive tree. Could act in part as fire retardants If we manage the

A rotten trunk is spongy and soaked in water, because is rotten, so is less burnable than an alive tree. Could act in part as fire retardants If we manage the forest as a company and monoculture of trees, then fallen trees are money and must be harvested for profit. If we manage the forest as an ecosystem, fallen trees create entire sub-ecosystems and provide necessary refuges for amphibians, mammals, birds and invertebrates. They belong to the forest, boost biodiversity, and shouldn't removed necessarily. Not unless they block a road or lie in a problematic area. Not by default.