h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There's a protected wetland area near my house. Some of my neighbors want to "improve it, but I try to restrain them. Let the fallen logs decompose where they are. Insects burrow into the rotting wood, bees make nests, and the space under the logs is good for nests by birds and small animals.

I would respect the guineahens' privacy by not tramping through the countryside.

Hello! Well I do hope that wetland remains unimproved! Fallen logs are not only vital living-places for a great many little critters as you say, they also make a place more interesting, aesthetically-speaking. They've such wonderful shapes and change as they erode and decay! A scene of a real forest, an old and ecologically diverse one, should have 'untidy' things like fallen branches and logs, rocks, lots of leaf litter, tangled undergrowth, etc...

I do a lot of walking about the countryside but I do try to be discreet and respectful.

I'm sure you do fine.