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[–] 16 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

There are some fallen trees in the park. Could I just take them?

That's highly variable depending on country and local law. Usually no that wouldn't be legal.

In places like National parks or conservation areas I'd encourage you to leave them alone. A dead tree is part of the natural cycle.

A city park where they will mulch it up tomorrow definitely ecologically fine to take. Check local legality

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  • Highly depends on the place. There are countries where remnants of medieval customs around commons have become modern law, allowing people (usually residents of the community to which the forest belongs) to gather fallen branches as firewood in public forests. In some places this even goes so far that communities have to make a certain percentage of the wood harvested from their public forests available to their residents for free.

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