Joe, I added a link to your new vireo on Vimeo on the Joe Zorzin Channel page of the ENTS website. I would encourage you to post a version of the video to You Tube also as that site receives many more viewings than does Vimeo. What kind of video camera did you end up getting? Do you have ay accessories like a wireless mike to go with it?
Ed "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. " Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Zorzin To: ENTS Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:45 AM Subject: [ENTS] video on uneven vs even aged silviculture How interesting that the boom in clearcutting on state land coincides with subsidies available for private owners to clearcut- both practices supposedly to enhance biodiversity and wildlife- just when the state wants to increase biomass production. How convenient! We will soon see far more clearcutting on private land if not state land (due to increasing public resistance). I recently talked to a procurement forester from the "far north" who said that up there in a few years there will be far less lumber being sawn- partly because the forests up there are wasted- and partly because the industry is learning how to make products from raw fiber, along with the increased market for pulp and wood energy. The industry in southern New England is on the ropes, dying fast- the ones that want to survive will join this "sea change"- they'll high grade what they can (sending logs north), clearcut the rest and claim it's all wonderful ecoforestry. The entire forestry establishment at all levels are pushing this change. What would make far more sense would be to use the new demand for pulp and wood energy to thin the forests intelligently based on great silviculture. It would help if the forestry establishment discouraged clearcutting! Any help given to the wood industry should be based on that industry thinning the forests, not clearcutting them. Huge grants have been given to some firms for biomass projects- firms with reputations for high grading! Go figure. Thinning the forests is far superior- resulting in removing low grade wood while enhancing future high value timber- in the interest of the forest owner, the profitability of the wood industry, creative work for licensed foresters and a far better forest ecosystem. I've uploaded my second video showing the difference between thinning forests and massacring them. It's all a bit ironic- one would think that the reality would be about private land being slaughtered while the state shows how to do it correctly, conservatively, ecologically intelligent, without damage to recreational and aesthetic values of OUR state forests- but alas. These videos are in high definition, what's known as 720p. If they stop frequently while trying to download- just click on the button in the lower left corner which will pause it- but it will continue to download- then click on the play button again. Also, in the lower right corner of the window is a button to click for "full screen". Go to: http://vimeo.com/2090043 (my first video is at: http://vimeo.com/1993866) Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
