Borer battle - habitat trees?

[davidwyby]

I’m taking out beetle kills in this cabin community. Might it be beneficial to leave some as habitat for woodpeckers that feed on borers?

Reduce hazard limbs but leave room for holes? Drill holes?

Ideally these habitat trees would be ones that have been dead a season or two and their crop of borers has already passed on.

Thoughts? Thanks

 

[Kaveman]

Those look like excellent candidates for full removal.