Off topic: have you all noticed trees dying lately?

Hi guys. I don't really post much, but I'm siting a stand that sits in a woods I've been hunting for almost 20 years.
Over the last several years I've noticed alot of trees dying.
Sure, the ash and elm are a given...but I'm talking about 30-50 year old formerly healthy oaks (red and white) and hickory among others.
I've noticed this in several woods I've hunted locally (essex county ) and in middlesex and lambton. These are trees I've had stands near or in and have observed them over years and known them to be alive and vibrant.
I'm looking through the woods and seeing alot of dead trees where 5-10 years ago this wasn't the case at all.
Thoughts?
Regards
Rob
Edit to add-I know it's fall and trees look dead but these trees are dead/dying. Bark falling off and branches breaking and/or woodpeckers and bugs starting. Among other decay signs.

Oak wilt is already confirmed in Michigan so most likely already in Ontario. It's going to be devastating. Not sure what our bush is going to consist of in a few years from know, but it won't be good.

Oak wilt? I'm gonna get informed on that. Thank you.

Seed production has been very low in Ontario over the past two or three years, I have had to buy seeds from the US or go outside the province to collect the species I want (White/ Burr/ Swamp White). I suspect the warm dry spring weather has had an impact but that is only causal observation.

If the trees are 50 years old maybe they are at the end of their natural life cycle. That's why succession is important. Need to have trees of all ages to keep a healthy bush.

I know back where I hunt the ground has been very wet (flooded ) for 2 of the past 3 summers with record rainfalls . I think that some of the trees aren't too happy having wet feet constantly and are dying off.

But as useless says, trees have natural live span and die of old age.

https://www.google.ca/amp/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3991951
I did a bit of reading. Belle isle Michigan is maybe 20ish miles from where I hunt in Essex county.
Not a stretch to assume it's 'here'. The changing climate and the new way we get rain (either none at all or buckets all at once) can't be good for the native trees. Got to admire any wild tree that can survive the wild in this new reality of extreme weather. Then add on top all of the invasive species and disease.

Climate changes naturally and has been for billions of years. Plant life adapts and species dies out while it can be an opportunity for others that were dormant to begin to flourish. We cannot control mother nature even though the Liberals say we do. lol

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Originally Posted by cath8r

https://www.google.ca/amp/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3991951
I did a bit of reading. Belle isle Michigan is maybe 20ish miles from where I hunt in Essex county.
Not a stretch to assume it's 'here'. The changing climate and the new way we get rain (either none at all or buckets all at once) can't be good for the native trees. Got to admire any wild tree that can survive the wild in this new reality of extreme weather. Then add on top all of the invasive species and disease.

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That sounds exactly like what happened to an oak on my property in Ottawa about 7 years ago

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

Climate changes naturally and has been for billions of years. Plant life adapts and species dies out while it can be an opportunity for others that were dormant to begin to flourish. We cannot control mother nature even though the Liberals say we do. lol

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You would have to be a fool to not have noticed the increased pace of warming and its related affects all over the globe.Climate changes naturally but not this fast,Liberals have figured out that dumping millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere is not a good idea.