Clear-cut logging, which destroys habitat for some animals, offers good living conditions for Townsend's chipmunks. They find denning sites, cover, and food among the fallen, decaying logs and sprouting evergreens. Learn more about the Tamias townsendii, more commonly known as a Townsend's Chipmunk, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.