I'm in the process of restacking all the ash I cut in the early spring. I first stacked all the ash in my process area. Allthough out in the open, the ash was under some hickory trees and not getting enough sun. So, I decided to move it. When moving it, I resplit a bunch into smaller splits. Then, I put it out in good sun. The most important thing is that this dead ash had the typical fungus growing on the bark. This was holding moisture, since I noticed most of my splits were stacked bark up. I did not think this would be a factor but it is, Now my splits are small, out in the sun, stacked bark down with no fungus. Pictured is ash in full sun and stacked bark down. Last picture is a piece with some of the fungus still on.