Cut and remove can be disruptive to the red-cockaded woodpecker and should not be used during the red-cockaded woodpecker breeding season (from March 1 until the young have fledged, approximately July-August). When cut and remove is used, only infested trees should be cut; trees vacated by the SPB should remain standing. Uninfested trees within a 200-foot red-cockaded woodpecker buffer should not be cut unless absolutely necessary to prevent the SPB from infesting cavity trees.