Back in the ‘80s I was camping in the lower Adirondacks (somewhere N of Amsterdam, NY if I remember right). Anyway, low enough so that there was plenty of deciduous growth. It was almost impossible for dead trees to hit the ground due to overgrowth in the forest. Just a lot of dead trees leaning on live ones starving the ground of sunlight. Typical fauna was practically nonexistent compared to logged areas of the Catskills I frequented. Of course, the Catskills spots weren’t even close to being clear cut.