Storm Eunice snapped three or four trees in the reserve, and left many others leaning a bit. A few days later, Storm Franklin blew in, and dumped a lot of water on the trees. Some trees fell. Then over the next week, the trees with roots no longer securely fastened to the ground, or already leaning over, started to sag on the wet ground, and one after another, big old birches fell, crashing to the forest floor, or lodging on other trees. One of the biggest cherry trees in the reserve fell, bringing down several other trees and giving us quite a problem with the tangle it left behind. The winch enabled us to pull a lodged birch trunk down, but not before we’d pulled a bit in one direction, then another to dislodge it, then back to the first direction … and suddenly it started to slide. I thought it had jammed again, but one more pull and it fell.