Nope. In these parts, there is plenty of downed timber around. Most of it happens to be on undeveloped 'suburban forest' land where a chainsaw would draw attention whereas an axe, knife, and saw would go unnoticed. I have miles of trails out the front door that require significant clearing after every good bit of wind. On the other hand, I did recently dispatch a 30' big-leaf maple out back with an axe - wife determined that it was a year away from blocking too much sun from the yard (and I can't say I'll miss the leaf cleanup next year!). Daughter and i stripped the bark last week and will try our hand at weaving with it in the near future.