Ed, Thanks for all the work you do on the website. The overview of discussion list activity was interesting to see also.
Jess On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Edward Frank<[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > In a fit of masochism I have spent most of the last three days reworking the > past five months of the website. I have created a couple hundred web pages > incorporating trip reports and select discussions from that time frame and > added them to the website Looking at all of the posts in that time frame > allows me to make a few observations and personal comments. > > First I want to point out the remarkable work Larry Tucei has be doing in > driving the Live Oak Project. His reports includes dozens of trees from > Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, and Alabama. He has posted not just Live > Oaks, but other trees as well. > > I want to acknowledge the posts by Barry Caselli. They often do not contain > hard numbers and measurements, but can be considered more of a naturalists > journal for the Pine barrens of New Jersey. These posts have an emphasis on > the trees and are illustrated with many photos. > > I want to acknowledge the people who attended the gathering at Congaree > National park in South Carolina, and for Will Blozan, Marcus, Houtchings, > and others who participated in the organization of the event. > > Don Bragg continues to do an exemplary job in editing and producing the > Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society. These Journals include > research and article by Don as well as other people. > > Steve Galehouse has produced a number of reports from Ohio, making it a hot > spot for tree reports. Randy Brown has contributed to the effort there as > well. I wish Tom Diggins, the Lion of Zoar Valley, NY would come out of > hiding and again participate actively in the ENTS mission. > > In Pennsylvania, I have written reports on a number of field trips. These > have often been in the company of Dale Luthringer and Carl Harting who are > contributing tot the effort as well. Anthony Kelly has been under the > weather, but hopes to soon be back in the field. Scott Wade is still working > on the PA Champion Trees website and field work. Newer Member George Fieo > has posted several excellent reports, and we have posts from Michael Dunn. > > New England posts are as expected dominated by burl-belly himself Bob > Leverett. Mike Leonard has been active ion many of the discussions. Gary > Beluzo and Joe Zorzin has made contributions as well. There have been some > posts by Andrew Joslin, and others, but many of the other members in New > England have not posted recently. What can we do to get them back in the > groove? I would like to hear from people like John Knuer, Scott Bolotin, > Ray Weber, John Eicholz, and many others. > > Neil Pederson has been ably representing ENTS in Kentucky and keeping the > Eastern Old-List website up to date. Beth Koebel comments on Missouri and > Illinois. Lee Frelich posts regularly from Frostbite Falls. Still I would > like to see more materials from Pal Jost. Jay Hayek is teaching people to > use the sin-sin method for measuring heights, but otherwise ahs not written > much. What happened to to the weather god himself - Ernie Ostuno? > > We have Don Bragg and Steve Springer from the Tennessee/ Arkansas areas. In > South Carolina there have been some posts by new member Tyler Phillips, but > from Alabama we seem to have misplaced Zac Stewart. Jess Riddle, once the > master of the southern forests is lost somewhere in the halls of college in > upstate New York. Gary Smith, once founder of Tennessee Hemlock Rescue is > absent from these posts. > > Moving up the coast to North Carolina. Our intrepid author and postal > worker has posted about trips from Florida to Virginia and beyond? Will > Blozan has provided reports on the fate of some of the great hemlocks of the > Smokies and elsewhere, even if the news is not good. MIA is James Parton. > He has not been heard from since Congaree. In the mid-Atlantic there have > been some reports by Darrian Copiz and Mathew Hannum. (I am not sure what a > dusk druid is, but it sounds intriguing). I would like to see more. > > West Virginia - Russ Richardson has been providing insight on forestry > practices and commentary about the forests of West Virginia. I hope to > visit later this month to get some measurements. Are you up to try one of > the new zip lines? Turner Sharp has written about several sites in the West > Virginia area and has compiled a Big Tree Registry for Parkersburg, WV. > Some god stuff is coming out of the Mountain State. > > New York has seen a revival. Tom Howard has posted several times reporting > on old growth sites in upstate New York. Perhaps this is the rebirth of the > New York Old Growth surveys? I am looking forward to hearing more. David > Yarrow has been reworking the former NY Big Trees site. I am not sure how > far along he is, but this is god news. > > In New York City we have two new members.Jennifer Dduley has been posting > regularly and it is great to see the enthusiasm she exhibits in her posts. > Karl Cronin has posted a few times. He is involved with dance and has > posted concerning the relationship between dance and the natural > world/trees. Certainly a different approach not broached by ENTS before. > Carolyn Summers has also contributed from this area. > > In far off Alaska we can not forget to mention Don Bertolette. He is > working on the Big Tree listings for the state and is active in most of the > discussion after years of working all across the country. Roman Dial has > not posted much - he is involved in big tree research in southeast Asia, the > east indies, and Australia, among other areas. he has been on an extended > trip and I have been following his journey on Face book. > > I am sure I have left out many people in this commentary. There are simply > too many to mention everyone and it is not meant as any type of a slight. > > There is a listing under Group Information of the Google Groups Page: It > lists the top posters to the discussion list since it has been on Google. > Top all time is myself, followed by Bob Leverett. For the last month these > are reversed. The others on the list, in case you do not recognize the > acronyms, I have added the names below. The biggest missing name is James > Parton. Will has not posted much lately, but what he has done have been > significant posts. > > Top posters > This month > 91DBH GURU Bob Leverett > 76Barry C Barry Caselli > 72Edward Frank Edward Frank > 70FoRestoration Don Bertolette > 53MiketheForester mike Leonard > [email protected] Steve Springer > 32Lee Frelich Lee Frelich > 32JennyNYC Jennifer Dudley > 30ECOGAB Gary Beluzo > 24Larry Larry Tucei > All time > 1725Edward Frank Edward Frank > 1465DBH GURU Bob Leverett > 1425James Parton James Parton > 822FoRestoration Don Bertolette > 684Will Blozan Will Blozan > 665Larry Larry Tucei > 498Barry C Barry Caselli > 324Beth Beth Koebel > [email protected] Joe Zorzin > 291 > JennyNYC Jennifer Dudley > > > I wanted to share these thoughts and encourage people to participate in the > group. If you haven't posted for a ling time, write something to the list. > Even if you have never posted before, time to get started. > > Edward Frank > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
