08-Paw Patrol - Into the Woods Traditional Cache

This is part of the PawPatrol Into the Woods circuit of caches. Bring your own pen. It is roughly 10km and takes around 4 hours to complete.

PLEASE NOTE: Be really careful that the caches are returned to their EXACT locations as you have found them. This is because some of them are very unusual, very small and some are fixed into place. This is a densely wooded area and GPS can be unreliable so it is imperative that they are replaced correctly.

The Shelter Tree

Trees support the lives of many large organisms.  Trees are used for food, shelter, and sites for reproduction.  Many animals also use trees for resting, nesting and for places from which to hunt or capture prey.  
The major characteristics of a tree that benefits wildlife is size.  A good tree for wildlife must be a big tree.  Small, decaying trees may support wildlife, but only small animals for a short time.  The large healthy tree that has a few wounds, and a few cavities will have long term benefits for many small and large organisms.  Some large animals can only use large trees for shelter.  
As forests are cut repeatedly, the number of large, old, healthy trees decreases.  The best way to force an organism into extinction is not to attack the organism but to attack its niche; the place where it lives and reproduces.  To try to protect an organism on one side, and to destroy its niche on the other side is a folly we see done worldwide.  This is why so many animals are becoming extinct, or have entered the list of endangered species.