One of the steps to bring back traditional management to the Apali Island is reintroducing pollarding of willows in the region. In the past this action was a common type of management. The main reason in tha past was the supply of sustainable wood - every few years residents cut the shoots and used them for heating or production of baskets, nets, furniture, cradles etc.
Moreover, now we know that pollarding prolongates lifespan of willows. The old pollared willows slowly thicken and create cavities - huge amount of microhabitats for larvae of beatles, butterflies, snails, snakes, birds, and even mammals as bats and martens.

Many species as the hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita) are disappearing because they are loosing habitats that are used for their development. Pollared willows represent one of the last possibilities for thier reproduction.