Bob, It sounds like all of you had a wonderful time. I would have loved to have been there. I loved the white pines and would have liked to have seen them firsthand.
I hope the Congaree trip in Febuary is still on. Keep us updated. I should be able to attend the Congaree trip. James Parton. On Nov 4, 12:19 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ENTS > > The following is a hastily put together rendezvous report. I will produce > a more polished version for Don Bragg and a future edition of the Bulletin. > > Bob > > Introduction > > The time has arrived for the 2008 western Mass ENTS rendezvous to > be entered into the ENTS record book. Let it be noted that the rendezvous > officially commenced on Oct 30, 2008 and ended at the close of November 2nd. > We had an informal, if not subdued, gathering, but the event produced some > highly significant results. The report below covers the details of the 2008 > rendezvous. However, before discussing the particulars, let me note that for > October 2009, we are considering switching to Cook Forest State Park for our > ENTS fall gathering. Details will be forthcoming. > > Thursday, October 30th > > Monica and I picked up Will Blozan from the Hartford Airport on a > crisp Wednesday afternoon. Will came up from Black Mountain, North Carolina. > Due to challenges with his business, Will was making a special effort to > support the rendezvous and that effort will be noted throughout this report. > Dr. Lee Frelich arrived later in the evening from his long drive from > Minnesota. It was good to see my two old friends and they were in fro a > dinner treat. My special “everything in it including the kitchen sink” > vegetable chicken soup nourished the crew as we readied for the next day’s > planned event at Robinson State Park in Agawam, MA. The walk in Robinson was > organized to support the Friends of Robinson SP in its educational agenda. > That is one of the ENTS roles, i.e. education. The other is forest and tree > measurement and documentation. Around 28 people attended, which for a brisk > Thursday morning reflected a good level of interest in Robinson. > For those who do not know the property, Robinson SP is a diverse, > forested state park located in the towns of Agawam and Westfield, > Massachusetts. Within the 800-acre property there are around 51 or 52 species > of trees. This is a high level of diversity for an urban-suburban forested > park in Massachusetts. But for casual visitors, the diversity is not equally > distributed. There are spots of low diversity and other areas of high > diversity. You have to look, but it is not the sheer diversity that matters > most to ENTS. It is the exceptional community of tuliptrees that grow in > Robinson and the Park’s high Rucker Index. The Robinson tulips grow to large > size (for the latitude) and exhibit a level of regeneration that seems to > speak to a kind of niche that they are able to fill. For the October 30th > program, it was Liriodendron that was the main focus of our attention. We > walked and talked and at the end of the program, Will and I re-measured the > champion tall tuliptree in R > obinson. Amidst the crown clutter, this time we got 139.7 feet. That was the > best we could do, but it is still well enough to keep that particular tree at > the top of the height chart for the species. The tall tulip is the state > height champion for the species, and as such, it contributes handsomely to > the Robinson SP Rucker Height Index (RHI). At 118.8, Robinson has the highest > RHI in the Connecticut River Valley region for a comparably sized property. > Mount Tom State Reservation, which we visited later, has the second highest > at 117.0, and that number is probably a little low. The index has not ben > fully updated in several years. But more than the RHI, our focus for Thursday > morning was Robinson’s tuliptrees, which often surpass 120 feet in height and > 9 to 10 feet in girth and a few trees reach girths of up to 11.5 feet. > Equally importantly, I saw a lot of regeneration, which I attributed to the > mild, exceptionally wet summer. > Robinson SP has a lot of red, black, and white oak growing in > sandy soils on the hills above the Westfield River – the dry zone. By > contrast, the slop zone that includes the drainages down to the Westfield > River is very rich and features most of the 51 or 52 species of trees. A thin > layer of clay helps retard quick drainage and moisture loss. Since our time > was limited, we concentrated on the larger, more conspicuous tuliptrees. > While at Robinson, we talked about the distinction between forest > health as seen through the eyes of the timber specialist versus the forest > ecologist. Lee provided the group with a succinct definition of forest health > that stressed balance and diversity. I will ask him to repeat his definition > for the benefit of all Ents. Lee puts the subject of forest health into > perspective, something the timber community cannot objectively do. > On our return from Robinson SP, we swung by Mount Tom State > Reservation to take a look at the new state champion black birch. I had > measured it to 8.5 feet in girth and 96.0 feet in height, but after a search, > Will nudged the height to 99.8 feet. We just couldn’t reach 100, but that did > not matter. There are a few black birches in Mt Tom that reach 100 feet with > the common maximum height between 85 and 95 feet. Yellow birch maximums are > typically 10 feet lower. > Thursday evening saw an impromptu concert for violin and piano by > Lee and Monica. Lee had brought his violin, and Will and I were the audience. > Both had to sight read the music, but all went well. Next year, we hope to > expand the size of the audience a bit. > > Friday, October 31st > > We had a trip to the Notchview Reservation scheduled with > ecologist Julie Richburg and forester Jim Caffrey, both of the Trustees of > Reservations. The Trustees claim to be the oldest multiple-property > conservation organization in the United States and they are certainly the > oldest in Massachusetts. The Trustees manage around 25,000 acres spread > across 99 properties. Some are historical properties and some preserve > natural areas. I have visited only a handful of the 99 sites, most of which > are east of the Connecticut River. However, for exceptional tree hunting, I > have absolutely no doubt that western Massachusetts provides the best > locations for the Trustees properties. That is a truism for Massachusetts > forests, with perhaps a few notable exceptions. > Notchview is a 3,000-acre Trustee property of upland Berkshire > forests. Notchview reaches a high point of 2,297 feet. The property features > a Nordic Ski Center and is consequently a popular destination in the winter. > At the cited altitude and resultant low temperatures, 60 to 80 inches of snow > per year can go far, but as Jim Caffrey pointed out, global warming is > changing the conditions. Winter rain was once a maybe single annual event. > Not any more and rain plays havoc with snow packs for skiing. Still, the > average January temperature is around 20 degrees, with probably a dozen to a > dozen and a half sub-zero nights. > The forest mix at Notchview is interesting. Red spruce and balsam > fir intermingle with hardwoods, that include a lot of American beech, maple, > and birch. There is a little tamarack. Hemlock is also a prominent > constituent and there are patches of white pines where old fields once > existed. While the upland forest is ecologically interesting, it holds little > for the big tree enthusiast. The big stuff is supposed to be lower on the > ridges and Notchview’s lowest elevations border the Westfield River, and it > is in the rich, moist areas where the big trees are supposed to be found. Out > task was to get to them. > The group of intrepid tree hunters included three employees from > the Trustees, Will, Lee, my old friend timber framer, architect, and surveyor > Jack Sobon, and lastly, myself. We began with an uphill ascent through > Windsor State Forest. Our plan was to climb up into Trustees land, cross over > a small plateau-like area, and down into the big tree zone adjacent to the > Westfield River. We started our walk among some fairly decent-sized trees. > One partially open-grown white pine along the trail measures a whopping 13.4 > feet in girth and 136.0 feet in height. It is the Sobon Pine, named for Jack > Sobon who took me to it and has monitored it for at least a decade. The > tree’s multiple trunks detract from its overall appearance, but it is a huge > tree and worthy of our respect. It is a legitimate 13-footer and that puts in > high-stepping company. > As we left the vicinity of Steep Brook and climbed onto the ridge > side, we increasingly got a taste of the upland forests of the Berkshires. > They are often not much to look. In fact, to express it in my southern > vernacular, “the suck”. There was no reason to tarry, so, it was across a > snow covered ridge we went as fast conditions would permit. We then descended > into the narrow valley of the Westfield River Corridor where larger trees did > greet us. Unfortunately, while average tree size did increase, it did not do > so sufficiently for my tastes. The area had seen far too much past logging to > present us much to cheer about. There was a bright spot, though. Lee enjoyed > the walk, viewing the area from an ecological perspective, as he pondered the > mix of boreal conifers and mixed hardwoods. Perhaps, he will share his > thoughts as they take shape in his thinking. > So far as significant trees, we discovered only one that was > special, a slender black cherry that I measured to 116.0 feet in height. It > was about 5.6 feet in girth as I recall – a beanpole, but it did have a > presence. It showed us what the site is capable of eventually producing. > Beyond isolated cherries and basswoods, there are lots of sugar maple and > white ash on the site. Unfortunately, the ash trees are still too young to > show us much. Heights to between 100 and 115 feet at most were all we could > confirm. They need 25 to 30 more years. > With this complaining out of the way, I’m happy to take what I > c\an get. The black cherry was sufficient to kick the RHI for Trustees > properties to an impressive 121.2. The following table tells the RHI story as > it exists today, and we’ve barely got started. > > Rucker Height Index Report > Trustees of Reservation Properties > SpeciesLocationHeightGirthENTS PointsDOM-Last > WPBryant Woods156.510.11596.510/21/2008 > HMPetticoat Hill129.58.1849.610/21/2008 > CWBartholomew's Cobble12918.84559.41/16/2005 > WAPetticoat Hill119.210.21240.25/27/2007 > TTBartholomew's Cobble116.110.21207.95/26/2001 > BCNotchview1165.8390.210/31/2008 > SMBryant Woods114.26.5482.59/14/2002 > RMPetticoat Hill111.37.2577.05/9/2007 > SBHPetticoat Hill110.47.2572.35/9/2007 > NROPetticoat Hill109.87.7651.05/9/2007 > RHI 121.29.18 > > On our way back from the Trustees property we returned to DCR’s > Windsor State Forest and entered a grove of large white pines. One tree is > officially named the Crows Nest Pine. I seldom see trees named in > Massachusetts, but here was an interesting one. Four large limbs created a > nest of sorts. Will quickly and ably climbed up into the crotch. He seemed to > like the large pine, although its shape was far removed from the > straight-trunked giants he regularly climbs. The Crows Nest Pine’s > measurements are: girth = 12.8 feet, height = 123.0 feet. > Before we left the area, we visited a swath of old growth > hemlock, red spruce, and yellow birch at a place called Windsor Jambs, named > for a narrow gorge where logs could get be trapped in a jamb. Lee did a rough > count of a hemlock stump to 280 years. There was no shortage of trees in the > 200-300-year age range. Windsor Jambs is one of the old-growth spots I > inventoried for DCR in the mid-1990s as part of a state-wide old growth > inventory on state lands. The swath of old growth covers 10 to 12 acres. > Once back at the house, we refueled our ourselves and after > dinner were treated to another impromptu concert. This time great friend and > fellow Ent John Knuerr joined us. He had prepared a delicious vegetable > chili, which was the main course. John is German by birth and a darned good > cook. After the concert, John returned home and we all retired in preparation > for the big day, November 1st . Will’s 3rd climb of the Jake Swamp Pine was > the primary scheduled event. > > Saturday, November 1st > > Will, Lee, and I arose early and headed to Mohawk Trail State > Forest (MTSF). Monica planned to join us later. She needs to follow a more > leisurely morning schedule. We ate at the famous Charlemont Inn. Mike Dunn, > an arborist from Philadelphia, joined us. Mike had requested permission to > join the group some days earlier. We were happy to accommodate him. He is > going to be an important addition to the ENTS\team of Pennsylvania. Also, > Pennsylvania Ent and important member of the PA A-team Carl Harting joined > us. Carl had stayed at the Inn the night before. With Carl there, it began to > seem like a real ENTS gathering. > At Mohawk Trail state forest John Knuerr, Doug Bidlock, Jack > Sobon , and others joined us. Once at the site of the Jake Swamp Tree, Will > and Mike rigged the tall pine. John Knuerr went up hill and did an > independent ground-based measurement of the tree and got 168.1 feet. At this > point, a brief digression is in order. > The Chief Jake Swamp Pine is probably the most frequently > measured forest tree on the planet, except maybe for trees used by schools > where large numbers of students practice their techniques. I frequently > measure the Jake tree to feed my database of measurements that reveal the > various patterns resulting from measuring a tree with different equipment and > in differing conditions of visibility. On my most recent ground-based > measurements of Jake, I had gotten 169.1 and 168.6 feet respectively. > Measurements prior to that went as high as 169.4 feet and as low as 167.5 > over the course of the last two seasons. I knew the most likely height for > Jake would be in the mid-168s, unless I chose a lower base point, which I > talked myself into doing on one occasion. But knowing Will was going to climb > Jake, I got dead serious, and guess what? Jake’s official tape drop height is > 168.5 feet. That is 0.1 feet off my last measurement. Are we good or are we > good? Although I would have like > d Jake to be taller, it is safe to conclude that our level of ground-based > accuracy is extremely high and those who would run simpler less accurate > measuring techniques in as competitors do so at their own peril. > While he was up in the tree, Will also modeled Jake for volume. > Incidentally, I had the pine at 570 cubes. Will calculated it to 573. That is > amazingly close, but before any of you think that I’ve got a case of the big > head, I acknowledge that I was lucky as will soon be seen. Even with the > Macroscope, volume modeling form the ground can be tricky because foliage > often obscures the trunk aloft as is the case for another tree that we > modeled on Sunday. > While on site, we took the opportunity to re-measure the Joe > Norton tree, companion to Jake. Jake and Joe are also known as the Twin > Sentinels. Joe Norton is the Grand Chief of the Kahnawake Mohawks near > Montreal. Joe has visited his tree as has Jake Swamp. > Our new ground-based measurement of Joe is 165.5 feet. So, MTSF > now has 3 trees that join the 50 meter club, a very exclusive club in > Massachusetts. Fifty meters equals 164.04 feet. Although, an entirely > arbitrary choice of height, 50 meters seems to me like a significant > threshold for an eastern tree to achieve and it is an easy number for people > to remember. In a couple of years, MTSF will likely have a 4th tree join the > club, the Tecumseh Tree. In 10 years there could be as many as 8 Mohawk pines > in the club. > Just after the climb, Andrew Joslin and companion joined us. We > wondered where they were. It turns out that they had spent the night 115 feet > or so up in the air in the Bear Tree located in the Algonquin Grove, north of > Stafford Meadow. They had not gotten to bed until 2:00AM and could not wake > up in time for the Jake climb. Nonetheless, having them join us was great. In > Andrew and his companion, we have two great Ents. Andrew and his companion > intended to sleep again that night in the Bear Tree. I should note that the > Bear Tree is a large white pine measuring 11.1 feet in circumference and > 151.1 feet in height. The Bear Tree is the largest pine in the Algonquin > Grove. > After the climb, our hike for the day was into Trout Brook Cove > on the south side of Route #2 to re-measure the champion tall ash tree, which > we originally named Sweet Thing. John Eichholz had measured the tree to 151.5 > feet a couple of seasons before and we were hoping it had put on height > since. John Knuerr and I had tried to re-measure the ash a couple of weeks > earlier, but could not get a good fix on the crown due to intervening foliage > on nearby trees, but November 1st would be different. The leaves had all > fallen. > On the way to the ash grove, we took an off trail detour and > skirted an area with a scattering of large white pines. I had not measured > the pines for several seasons. One had grown into a 12-footer and surprised > me. The large, attractive tree now measures 12.1 feet in circumference and is > 140.9 feet in height. I am presently calling it the Lonesome Pine since it > stands pretty much by itself. Carl Haring measured another pine just down the > slope to slightly over 144 feet in height. All are relatively young pines, > growing like weeds. > As a brief digression into size, there are at least 5 > single-stemmed white pines in the Trout Brook watershed now that have girths > of 12 feet – a magic threshold for white pines. There are two additional > pines in Trout Brook that are most likely doubles. Both exceed 12 feet in > girth. Big Bertha , which has sadly died, was the largest pine in Mohawk. > Bertha’s dimensions at the time of her death were: girth = 14.6 inches, > height = 148.4 feet. However, on a positive theme, there are more pines in > Mohawk poised to surpass 12 feet in girth. Next year the Tecumseh Tree in the > Elders Grove will most likely join the club of 12-footers. > Going down the size scale, there are at least 22 pines in Mohawk > that exceed 11 feet in girth, and no less than 70 that exceed 10 feet. The > number of 9-footers is not less than 160. This girth distribution for the > Mohawk Pines is almost as significant as the extraordinary height > distribution. I say almost, because pines above 140 feet, common in Mohawk, > are extremely thinly distributed elsewhere across the New England landscape, > The number of pines over say 11 feet in girth are more numerous, but it is > time to end the digression and return to our trek up Trout Brook. > We dropped Monica off along the banks of Trout Brook so she could > commune with the water spirits and allow herself to be enraptured by the > rhythmic sounds of the flowing water. Monica is first and foremost a water > person and the sounds of water splashing over rocks are magical to her. She > is never happier than when sitting beside a brook, watching, listening, and > communing. > With Monica comfortably positioned to enjoy her water symphony, > we continued up the brook. Once on the ridge side where the tall ash grew, > the group began scanning the canopy. The trees soared. Lee calls the slopes a > super site, rich in minerals, moisture, and located for protection. On John’s > and my prior visit, I had put an orange tape around the ash tree so I could > quickly locate it on the day of the walk. Time was of the essence. > As soon as the tree was located, measurers began to take their > positions. The tree’s crown was sufficiently exposed to enable us to see it > perfectly. Carl and I served as the principal measurers and to make a long > story short, we measured the ash to 150.3 feet. That falls short of John > Eichholz’s maximum of 151.5, but it is sufficient to keep the tree in the > number one spot for its species in the Northeast. > After we returned home, Will let it be known that he really > wanted to do another climb. So we settled on the Tecumseh Tree in the Elders > Grove for Sunday’s impromptu event. Lee would accompany us to the site of the > hallowed tree and stay as long as he could before having to leaving for his > long drive back to the frigid land that is called Minnesota. So, with Will’s > choice of tree, we had a plan and retired for the night. > > Sunday, November 2nd > > We arose a little later and then headed straightaway for the > Charlemont Inn. Monica took her car. She would be leaving early. Will and I > road in my car and Lee rode in his car, since he would be leaving from the > site around noon. At the Charlemont Inn, we met Ent mathematician and tree > measurer extraordinaire John Eichholz. It was great to see John again. Over > the past couple of years, his grueling schedule has kept him out of the > tree-measuring picture for all but a few outings. Hopefully, he will now be > able to reenter the measuring world. John is as good as tree measurers get. > He is indespinsible. > As we reached the parking area, we were joined by my great friend > Professor Gary Beluzo. Gary had not made it to the previous day’s climb and > it just did not seem right without him. With Gary joining us, it had finally > become a full-fledged ENTS gathering. The group moved down the trail > following the Deerfield River toward the magnificent Elders Grove, arguably > Mohawk’s . Once at the Tecumseh Tree, Will expertly rigged it as he had the > Jake Swamp Pine the day before. Monica positioned herself to be comfortable > among the great pines and near to the pine she named – the Sitting Bull Pine. > Monica is becoming a forest spirit as well as a water spirit. > I was especially anxious to know the tape drop height of > Tecumseh. I had previously measured the huge pine at 163.9 feet and later at > 163.1 feet. I settled on the latter as the better measurement. Now it was > John’s turn to measure Tecumseh from the ground. He measured it as Will began > his climb. John got 163.0 feet exactly and reported it to me. When Will > reached the point to put the pole against the highest leader, John > photographed the pole against the leader from up the ridge. Will set the > tape, and I read Tecumseh’s height at exactly 163.0 feet. This was yet > another confirmation of the level of measuring accuracy that we have been > able to attain in ENTS. > As he descended, Will took girth measurements to allow us to > model Tecumseh and provide us with our most accurate modeling of the tree to > date. On two previous attempts, I had lots of problems getting sound reticle > measurements because of limb interference. I eventually calculated the big > pine’s volume at 671 cubic feet. That was several years ago. However, a > calculation that uses the conical volume taken as the average using the root > collar and DBH height as the bases for the cones yielded 774 cubes. This > value checked closely the volume derived by taking diameters at 2.5, 4.5, 50, > 100, and the top and modeling by frustum. This latter method yielded 773 > cubes, a remarkable match. Bear in mind that these calculations were made > when Tecumseh had a girth of 11.7 feet and a height of 161.7 feet. > Will’s determination turned out to be 779 cubes with Tecumseh > drop tape measured to 163 feet and girth measured to 11.9 feet. So, those are > the final measurements. I don’t know what happened on the 671 cube modeling I > previously did, but it obviously was off by a lot. However, the other methods > of calculating volume were very significant. Evidently, Tecumseh’s shape fits > with assumptions implicit in those modelings. > After Will packed his gear, John Eichholz, Gary Beluzo, Will, and > I headed up Clark Ridge to check on two highly significant trees on Clark > Ridge - the champion American Beech and the Ash Queen. The latter is the > first ash that we confirmed to over 140 feet in MTSF and it spawned an > extensive search for other 140-footers. That first measurement was 144.8 feet > and it was taken with Drs. Tom Wessels and Rick Van de Poll, then with > Antioch College in Keene, NH. > As we moved up the steep ridge, we first located a tall appearing > beech, which we measured to a girth of 7.9 feet and height of 125.4 feet. The > beech is a significant tree, but not our champion. We were beginning to > wonder if the champ had fallen, at least I held those fears. We continued > climbing up the ridge, crossing a boulder field and entering into the domain > of the Ash Queen – a magical place, the abode of hobbits and tree spirits. I > looked up the slopes, and there she stood. She still survived and continued > to rule her domain as she had for years. Once again, I felt inspired. I knew > why I was on that ridge, measuring and recording for posterity the tree > treasures of Clark Ridge. > Careful measurements by John Eichholz and I now place the Ash > Queen at 146.1 feet. Reestablishing the base of the tree according to Will’s > method gives the Queen a substantial girth of 10.4 feet. This is one time I > had been conservative on mid-slope. > On the way down, John spotted the champion beech. He got a good > fix on its location. It is in good shape, but in the short period we had, > John could confirm only a little over 126 feet of tree height. Its girth is > 8.5 feet and it is disease free. I will soon revisit the beech and spend more > time with it. Hopefully, John will join me. I can use all the help I can get. > American beeches are among the most difficult trees to measure accurately. > As a final tree measurement, I re-measured an ash tree that I had > measured years ago with a transit when the tree was around 132 feet in > height. I am proud to report that the ash is now 140.5 feet in height and 8.6 > feet in girth. It joins the 140 Club for ash trees and reinforces the height > dominance of the white ash among Mohawk’s hardwoods. The ash rules the > hardwoods in Massachusetts. Not even the mighty tuliptree challenges the ash > in the bay state. > Returning home, I felt a little sad. Lee had left mid-day and > Will would be returning to North Carolina the following day. Carl had > returned to Pennsylvania, Gary would be returning to his grueling teaching > schedule at Holyoke Community College, and John to his job with the Co-op. > The gathering of the Ents was at end. But as I thought about the day, I had > fresh memories of the Queen and would return to my den where a > stitched-together picture of her sets, courtesy of Dianne Gray, an > exceptional photographer who had taken a composite picture of the Ash Queen > for me some years previously. For me, the Ash Queen holds the magic of the > forest, of secret forest places. She is the source of the power that drives > me to measure and record the treasures of Mohawk Trail State Forest. It was a > good rendezvous. No, it was a great rendezvous and I give my heartfelt thanks > to all who were able to participate. > As a final topic, I would like to pay special tribute to Will > Blozan, the esteemed ENTS president. Since 1994, Will has been coming to > Massachusetts and participating in old growth conferences and special ENTS > events. Most noteworthy are Will’s keen measuring eye and his stellar tree > climbs. Will has established the standard by which informationally useful > tree climbs can be judged. I have compiled a table of Will’s Massachusetts > climbs, but before presenting the table, I want to point out that Will’s > contribution to our scientific and historical understanding of the white pine > in New England and Massachusetts in particular is sorely under-appreciated > both by environmental groups and the state’s forests and parks. The > Commonwealth’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is extremely > fortunate to have the free services of ENTS and the contribution of Will > Blozan, in particular. There is no question that ENTS fills a void in DCR’s > publicly promoted perspective o > f the Massachusetts forested landscape. I do believe the leaders of DCR know > this and are appreciative, but I regret to say that without Will’s > contribution and that of other ENTS, the DCR perspective would be almost > wholly based on timber values. Historic, aesthetic, cultural, and ecological > perspectives contributed by mature and old growth forests and large, > charismatic trees would be shortchanged, if not ignored entirely. Although, I > am disinclined to want to generalize too much, I am struck by the limited > interest I receive from timber people (as opposed to non-timber people) when > presenting specialized ENTS tree and forest data in briefings and on > interpretive walks. A few are genuinely interested, but most are not, > wondering why I have chosen to spend so much time on a pursuit of almost no > practical value from their perspective. So, it is left to ENTS to continue > collecting data that present species data in a historically meaningful > comparative light. To this end, we are fore > ver indebted to Will’s contribution. I could also speak volumes to the > contributions of others such as Lee Frelich, Gary Beluzo, John Knuerr, and > others, and will do so in time, but what stands out very clearly in my mind > at this time is the tremendous effort that Will has made to help > Massachusetts appreciate its treasure in significant trees. Without further > comment, the following table summarizes Will’s Massachusetts climbs. > > Will Blozan's Massachusetts Tree Climbs > Nov 1998 - Nov 2008 > TreeDatePropertyStandHeight Today's Height > Jake SwampNov-98MTSFTrees of Peace158.6168.5 > SahedaNov-98MTSFElders158.3164.1 > Jake SwampOct-01MTSFTrees of Peace160.9168.5 > Joe NortonOct-01MTSFTrees of Peace159.6165.5 > TecumsehOct-03MTSFElders160.1163.0 > ThoreauOct-04MSFDunbar Brook160.3160.3 > MetacometOct-05MTSFPocumtuck Pines146.6147.5 > Ice GlenOct-06Laurel Hill Assoc.Ice Glen154.4154.4 > GrandfatherOct-07MSFDunbar Brook143.3143.3 > Dunbar HemlockOct-07MSFDunbar Brook115.5115.5 > TunkashalaOct-07Sandisfield SF 93.093.0 > SahedaOct-07MTSFElders163.3164.1 > Jake SwampNov-08MTSFTrees of Peace168.5168.5 > TecumsehNov-08MTSFElders163.0163.0 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. 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