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[Ruttiger]

I built an above ground fort, and only cut around 15-20 squares away from it in order to cultivate a forest around it.  It makes decent cover from archers, and is good for my many spread out cage traps.

But my dwarves are trampling the many saplings.  Any tips on keeping dwarves away from them?

[ToxicFrog]

Designate that area as Restricted (d-o-r). If they need to pass through it, perhaps also designate a High Traffic path through it (d-o-h). Dwarves will consider a Restricted area to be 12.5 times "slower" than unmarked ground, and 25 times relative to high traffic, and will thus tend to avoid it.

[LegacyCWAL]

You can also wait and only chop down trees when there's a lot of them there, rather than cutting them down the instant they grow up.  That way, you might get a bunch trampled at once, but the vast majority of the time nobody will be walking over them, thus letting them grow.

[Ruttiger]

The elves are going to love this fort.

[Neoskel]

perhaps also designate a High Traffic path through it (d-o-h).

Ah, the Homer Simpson designation.

[soup_alex]

This got me thinking: how to make an above-ground fort in a wooded area more awesome?

Answer: TREEHOUSES. Yep. Construct ladders/stairs near trees, climb a level, and spread floors around—connecting tree-top to tree-top with floating "bridges" if you feel like it (hmm, are the tops of tree tiles walkable? or would they need to be floored, too?). This method of linking floating platforms above-above-ground should help you save some saplings, too, but remember not to fell the trees that support your tree-houses!

[DarkAvenger]

Oh man I wanna do that now.

[soup_alex]

Actually, whether trees need to be floored-over or not (if they can), are they capable of supporting an indefinite number of adjacently-linked tiles in the same way as other solid tiles? I think the staircases should be, at least...

[LegacyCWAL]

It's worth trying, if for no other reason than to find out.  I suspect they would, given how many goblin chunks I've seen wind up lodged on top of 'em.

[soup_alex]

Mmmm... chunks.

I'm going to have to step down and let someone else take this challenge: no trees on this glacier!

[Mephansteras]

That's an awesome idea. I'll have to make a tree fort at some point!

Do let us know if trees can support tiles, so we can deconstruct the most of the stairs after construction. Not that it matters too much, I suppose. Dwarves could support the weight of the entire map on a single tile at this point. So you only need one stairway entrance to keep the entire thing functional.

[Blacken]

Dwarves could support the weight of the entire map on a single tile at this point.

Dwarfitecture is awesome.

[Mulch Diggums]

Is it possible to have every square in a 10/10 area filled with trees? If so how long does it take? im thinking about making trenches next to my fort for growing trees so their saplings dont get crushed by dwarves going out to gather wood.

[soup_alex]

I believe saplings occur randomly within a certain proximity of a suitable parent (and in suitable soil, of course), so it may take a long time or none at all to see saplings sprouting everywhere you want them to. Saplings ought to reach maturity in three years, give or take a month or two(?).