One method that was tried for the restoration technique called roller chopping. This procedure is commonly used in forestry operations when pine seedlings are planted. A large drum with is pulled behind a tractor. The blades cut down the vegetation and sever the roots of oaks and other plants. The drum does not turn the soil over as a plow would. Within this 25-acre cell, roller chopping was used to simulate the removal of vegetation after natural fires. Fifty foot strips of vegetation were left for scrub jays to use for feeding, nesting and refuge.

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