Brush Piles

Brush piles serve as high quality shelter and cover for many small mammals but are of particular importance to cottontail rabbits. They use these areas as resting and escape cover. Basically, brush piles should be constructed with large materials such as rock or large logs on the bottom and smaller materials piled on top. This will create a series of ''tunnels" and last a long period of time if materials are dense enough to constrain predators and bad weather but loose enough to allow access.

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