If you are faced with tree removal, consider the birds, bugs, raccoons, surrounding plants, and the soil that would appreciate that tree for shelter, food, nutrients, and root stabilization for much time to come. It will serve far more services and benefits as a snag than firewood.
Bringing Nature into the Schoolyard: Nature Explorers at Edison Elementary
Earliest Tree Memories
The house was built in the 1940s, but these trees must have been older than that. They were so massive that the area in between and around them served as a natural playground for years to come. I learned all about bugs and birds and squirrels from those trees. My sister and I climbed all over them, hid in their nooks and crannies, drew pictures with chalk in our driveway under their shade.