Steve- Thank you for addressing these concerns! As a western member, with but a couple of years anywhere near your site (I did my graduate work, thesis in Massachusetts, identifying old-growth there with satellite imagery!), I'll defer on the more specific info you request, to other forum members who no doubt will be saying almost audibly, "...48 inch DBH Black Cherries!!!!! WOW...", and eager to share what they know. Sounds great, hope that one of the 'deliverables' from such a visit would be a cc-ed copy of any report that might result?!? With but Paul Jost and I trying to talk up LIDAR, perhaps when you have a moment, you could chime in with your thoughts? -Don PS: One of the things I found most helpful in grappling with 'historical/cultural' backgrounds of forests, is taking the time to dig up 'reference conditions', which your area may be rather rich with, with several centuries of occupation...old photos, historical accounts, historical vegetation maps, anecdotal data, etc. For example, after some digging, it was apparent in much of the areas in Massachusetts that we thought might be good candidates for old-growth forest status, had been logged, in the winter, with little sign remaining of the local and temporal economics-driven selective harvest (if market for black cheery was good, then a logger would go in with a team and sled and take a log or two).
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:24:38 -0800 > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Map/Directions to Big Basin, Allegany State Park > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I wanted to add a few things, since I may not have fully addressed > your concern. This course will be instructor-led. Two geography > professors will be joining us on the trip, one of which has a > historical/cultural focus and who is interested in conducting research > on old-growth in the future. This is not a student-run camping trip - > we will not be throwing keggers amidst the 48" DBH Black Cherries! > > Personally, I have become obsessed with old-growth the past year or > two, which has led me to join ENTS discussion group. I have applied > for graduate school where I hope to conduct research on old-growth > myself. I have found the lidar discussions especially fascinating, > since I hope to use remotely-sensed data to map old-growth. So, > believe me, I will be very cautious in Big Basin and will tell others > to do the same. > > I hope I've addressed your concerns. Please let me know if you have > any other questions or, in response to my first post, any maps or > directions to Big Basin! > > Steve > > _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
