Will- I am SO envious! Nice to have folks familiar with the reference conditions for the area! And sad that such groves were once cut... How was the weather? Mid-summers in the mid-Sierras can be near idyllic, although it was my experience that if you spent a week in the Sierras, you were likely to experience 'the Wave', an afternoon storm buildup on the west side that yielded wonderful linear lenticular cloud formations, a wave that sometimes would 'crown' the length of the Sierras (as viewed from the east side), and produce memorable sunset photos... -Don
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Scattered ENTS Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:40:32 -0400 Don, The fir was in old-growth among the largest sequoias and the second growth sequioa was on a very productive site with several old-growth relics just under or lightly over 300’. In fact, the tallest second-growth tree was growing across the stream from a ~298 footer. The Whitaker Forest was one of the first groves ever cut so it is also the oldest second-growth from which to sample. The Converse Basin was cut around the same time but the folks I was with feel the site was not as productive as the groves on Redwood Mountain. BTW, Whitaker Forest is adjacent to and contiguous with the Redwood Canyon Grove (Kings Canyon NP- largest grove left on earth). Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DON BERTOLETTE Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Scattered ENTS Will/Bob- Pretty good Site Class you've measured in! Was your 247' record tree also second growth? -Don From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Scattered ENTS Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:22:58 -0400 Bob, Following your lead as an ENTS piercing the western frontier, I set a new height record for California white fir (Abies lowiana) last week at 75.4 meters (247 feet). I also found second-growth sequoia to 73 meters (239 feet at ~135 years). 75.4 meter height champion California white fir, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park. Second-growth sequoia, cut-over ca. 1870, Whitaker Forest, Badger, CA Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:13 PM To: ENTS Subject: [ENTS] Re: Scattered ENTS Will, Your Colorado blue spruce champion in the La Platas demands that you join WNTS. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2009, at 11:11 AM, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: Ed, Thanks for the update- great stuff happening. I guess I need to join WNTS to post about my recent California trip. AWESOME!!! Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Frank Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:21 AM To: ENTS Google Subject: [ENTS] Scattered ENTS ENTS, Your fellows are scattered in the wind in various places. I wanted to give a brief update. James Parton is alive and well, I heard from him the other day. He sent me a post about poke salad/ aka pokeberry the other day. he says he is not gone and has some chestnut posts forthcoming. Roman Dial had been travelling on an extended world tour through Australia and Africa among others. I had been following his journey on Facebook. But he closed his account and dropped off the radar for awhile. He has been doing more pack rafting than canopy research lately he says. I sent him Don Bertolette's email up there in Alaska. maybe we will have another Alaskan WNTS person. He has a new video on YouTube on Hiking in to Alaska's Honolulu Creek and pack rafting down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu-j_DD-3hg There is a series of his videos on YouTube. He has a new book out: ( http://www.amazon.com/PACKRAFTING-Introduction-How-Guide-Roman/dp/0974818836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247259372&sr=1-1 ) entitled: PACKRAFTING! An Introduction and How-To Guide (Paperback). Neil Pederson is in Mongolia. You can read about his trip on a short Blog (read the ones that say Neil wrote it).The latest is dated July 10 2009: You've come a long way (baby)/Whiffs of the ADKs/Where is my Mongolia For those of you on Facebook, there are some updates periodically on his wall. On Picasaweb he has a gallery of photos from his flight across the north pole to China on the way to Mongolia here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mockernut/FlightToBeijingViaGreenlandTheNorthPole?authkey=Gv1sRgCO_xzYvOvtilxQE&feat=directlink# Ed Frank "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. See how. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
