Bob, In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland etc. tree growth is probably not any better than in western Europe, but there are more old forests left. I think in the Balkans is also growth better because it is further south.
Kouta On Jan 15, 5:33 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Kouta, > > I hear you. Actually, my wife has friends in the Czech Republic and we > have a standing invitation to visit them. She has been there and played a > concert. I've never known much about that part of Europe. It seems to be very > interesting and tree growth sounds very impressive. > > Bob > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kouta Räsänen" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:01:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Radial versus volume growth > > Bob, > > Bosnia is the only place you mentioned where you should do only guided > hikes due to land mines. That is true also in some areas of Croatia. > Otherwise Balkans, Czech and Slovakia are about as safe as western > Europe. Last year I read a study which said there are more crimes per > capita in many western countries then in Balkans. Bulgaria may be a > bit less safe, but I don't know if there are substantial old growth > forests left. Language can be a small problem, english is not spoken > widely in smaller localities. If you take the case seriously, you > study some basics of the local language (say, 3 months); everything is > then easier. > > Kouta > > > On a different topic, the big tree reports from our valued European > > Ents are making me salivate. I never even thought of places like the Czech > > Republic , Bosnia , Bulgaria , etc. as the locations of great trees. Two of > > my wife Monica's pianos were built in the Czech Republic . I am beginning > > to think more seriously about a trip to that part of the world. I must > > confess that the political situations in some of those places leave me > > nervous, but if ENTS is going to do the job that we are destined to do, the > > risks may have to be taken. - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
