Frank, Bob Van Pelt, one of ENTS greatest professionals is in Washington. You probably can't find no better conifer expert than he is.
James P. On Nov 8, 11:26 pm, Frank Blau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ad Ed's suggestion, even though I am in Western Washington, I have > joined this interesting and helpful group! > > Are there any other westerners on here? > > I am interested in learning more about doing Urban and Suburban tree > surveys. I have the right equipment, and I have a great park adjacent > to our house to start in. It has mostly Douglas Firs and some Red > Cedar trees. > > The area was logged in the 1930's, so no real old growth here, but I > have found some of the older trees in this park... a beautiful 160' > tall Dougas fir with a 38.2" DBH trunk sits about 40' from where I am > writing this! An adjacent DF fell in a windstorm last year and after > they cut it up I was able to count the rings and give it an age of 72 > years. > > I know there are a lot older trees in my state, but I am currently > very interested in my local park. My motivation is partially to > preserve the trees that we do have, but also to be more aware of my > local surroundings and the ecosystems that we pass through ever day. > > I look forward to sharing this journey with this group and to > hopefully meet some other local people engaged in similar pursuits! > > Frank Blau > Sammamish, WA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
