Chance came up and we used the loader tractor instead of the team to get the logs out of the creek. We sure got a lot of good Ash wood drug out. So sad to see how thin the timber on the creek is getting.
When I was Chances age there were a lot of American Elm trees on the creek and they were all dying. That is what I cut for firewood in those days. Now, there are hardly any left. Just a few logs laying on the ground and they are rotten. There are new young Elm trees growing, but not very many and they don’t grow very fast. I keep hoping some will grow back with resistance to the Dutch Elm Beetle that is killing all these. And now they say there is an Ash Borer coming that will kill all the Ash trees.
Change. I don’t like it, but it has happened all my life. What does that say about me and it?
Dennisranch 
I know what you mean. Our house is surrounded by oaks and we’re rather nervous about Oak wilt getting started in one of them as they are all close together. It’s already in our neighborhood. We could go from total shade to full sun real quick. As for your creek……we’ve got a real healthy cottonwood across the street incase you’d like to toss some of those seeds down in your creek. I don’t see anything munching on it. 🙂
Thanks Pat, but we already have cottonwoods, there evidently isn’t enough water in the creek to make cottonwoods grow. JUst have to let nature take it’s course, I guess.