Mike-- Thanks for the feedback on Hyatt's Woods--it is a neat place. I'm not sure if the landowner is interested in a conservation easement on the property--some of the land is owned or controlled by other family members, and I don't think they are interested in giving up any of their control in the land.
Don -- Subject: [ENTS] Re: Bulleting Of the Eastern native Tree Society, Vol. 4, Number 3, Summer 2009 Great job Don! Your article on Hyatt’s woods was awesome! The photography is superb. I especially liked the photo of the swamp chestnut oak. Perhaps the owners will consider a conservation easement in the future? Beth – your report on the Stewardship Conference was interesting. You are right that forestry is underfunded in the Farm Bill but what they are funding (for marginal forestry practices) is mostly a waste of money and will have very little impact. The most important thing government can do for forest landowners is to try and encourage them to keep their land in forest by keeping their property taxes low (current use). Landowners should also be compensated for the ecosystem benefits they provide to society through tax credits, etc. Providing grants to pay for a Forest Stewardship Plan is a good start. The session on aquaculture was cool but my wife served us some tilapia the other night and it was awful! Give me haddock! The session about growing seedlings from seed was interesting but I’m more interested in direct seeding for forests th at have failed to regenerate adequately. After our state clearcut some Norway spruce and red pine plantations, the area regenerated mostly raspberries and blackberries so how could we hasten tree regeneration in those areas? I say prescribe burn the area and then plant tree seeds. Finally I see they are pushing the carbon trading scam everywhere - $8/acre won’t do much for landowners but it will help line the pockets of speculators like Goldman Sachs. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Frank Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:46 AM To: ENTS Google Subject: [ENTS] Bulleting Of the Eastern native Tree Society, Vol. 4, Number 3, Summer 2009 ENTS, Don Bragg has completed the latest edition of the Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society, Volume 4, Number 3, Summer 2009 Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society, Volume 4, Number 3, Summer 2009 The Bulleting can be downloaded from the ENTSGoogle site from the files section, or from the website in the ENTS Bulletin section. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SOCIETY ACTIONS ENTS Rendezvous at Cook Forest Set ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Ninth Old-Growth Forest Conference to be Held in October ........................................................................................................ 2 Errata ........................................................................................ ........................................................................................................... 2 Beth Koebel's 2009 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference Report........................................................................................... 3 FEATURE ARTICLES Derivation of Key Cone and Paraboloid Formulae and a General Taper Equation ................................................................... 5 Robert T. Leverett, Eastern Native Tree Society, Will Blozan, Eastern Native Tree Society, and Gary A. Beluzo, Holyoke Community College The Live Oak Project: An Update ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Larry Tucei, Eastern Native Tree Society FIELD REPORTS Hyatt’s Woods, Drew County, Arkansas: February 2009............................................................................................................... 14 Don C. Bragg, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service POEMS, STORIES, AND MUSINGS Interplay ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Robert T. Leverett, Eastern Native Tree Society FOUNDER’S CORNER Itchin’ for the Cross Timbers............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Robert T. Leverett, Eastern Native Tree Society "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. 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