I have been cutting dead Ash for fire wood for nearly 20 years off my place and the neighbors (now mine) place.
I usually cut what I know I am going to need in the winter and block it up. Come fall I get in there and cut any thing up that fell during summer storms. Then start hauling what I blocked up during the winter out to the house.
I Only have a few standing dead left maybe a half dozen in all.
It is extra work but I have been collecting maple tree seeds near the house in the spring and throwing them out where I or the wind took the Ash down. I also do Acorns and hickory nuts in the area in the fall.
You would be surprized the seedlings I have coming up now from ankle to knee high.
As soon as we get some dry I am going to get this one out of there.
Still solid wood after at least 15 years dead, stuff I skidded out last fall before the fall rains hit.
Most of this has been cut up for fire wood but the big one in the foreground I am going to try to chain saw mill once thisngs dry out.
Al