I've always assumed it's for official tree-tagging purposes (although not exclusively by the FC) but it seems odd to me cos the tree will just grow over a tag, especially such a small one. I dunno. I'm sure you could phone a local ranger and ask if you rly want to know for sure. :-)
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Date: 2012-10-23 06:25 pm (UTC)