Ed,
I second Jess's thanks and I'm sure that Jess and I speak for everyone. The Forest Service here in Durango has been looking at the website. I think we have some supporters here and a base to build on. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jess Riddle" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:40:50 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Website Stuff 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
