Joe, That would be way cool. Hope you can make it.
Bob Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2009, at 12:57 PM, "Joseph Zorzin" <[email protected]> wrote: > hmmm.... Mike, if you do this on Wed. with Bob maybe I'll join you! > I can videotape the hike. > Joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:08 PM > Subject: [ENTS] Back to Mike Leonard about Wednesday > > Mike, > > Actually, Wednesday will work for me and I think the weather is > going to be fine. Do you want to meet at the Charlemont Inn for > breakfast at say 8:30AM? If not, we could just meet at MTSF HQ at > 9:00AM. From there we could look at some of the white pine groves > that I'm always yapping about, and then, following the Mahican- > Mohawk Recreational Trail, climb up into the old growth and on to > the Indian Trail. We could then walk out the trail toward Clark > Mountain, bushwhack down to the Elders Grove where I would check on > Saheda to see if it has broken 165 feet. We would follow the old > country road and the Shunpike route around Todd Mtn, through a 1930s > red pine plantation, across the lower meadow, by the grave of John > Wheeler - ancestor to 5 American Presidents, and back along the path > of the colonial Mohawk Trail to the HQ parking lot. That would > provide a good introduction to the part of MTSF that lies north > of Route 2. > > Please thank Sun for me, but I am happily married to Monica Jakuc > Leverett, the beautiful woman in all the photos. > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Leonard" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:30:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Negus, the big little mountain > > Thanks Bob, > > Sun and I can make it up to Mohawk this Wednesday Aug.12. Is that > OK? Sun asked if you were single because she has a friend but I told > her you always have this nice woman in your pictures so I don’t thin > k so. < ; - ) > > Maybe I’ll count this field trip for some of the required continuing > forestry education credits for my forester’s license. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Negus, the big little mountain > > Mike, > > One end of the trail is located off Steele Brook Road. > ATVers use that end. The other is at Zoar Gap off River Road (Zoar > Road). I don't care for the Steele Brook Road end. I always go > up from Zoar Gap to get to the good views quickly. no monster > trucks in that area. > > I'll be doing programs on the last two Saturdays in > August at MTSF, one program in the AM and one in the PM on each > Saturday. However, I'd be pleased to organize a trip especially for > you and Sun and whoever else you choose to invite. That way we > could go well off trail and see areas that wouldn't work for a > general group. > > For your viewing pleasure, I have attached a 3 > images. The first is from near the summit of Negus looking toward > the Hoosac Mountain ridge, Route 2, and a few buildings in Florida, > MA. The second image was taken today and is of Trout Brook in MTSF. > The last image was taken in the Trout Brook watershed and features 5 > white pines. counting from the left, the first and third belong to > the 150 Club. The rightmost pine has heavy weevil damage and isn't > particularly attractive. Nonetheless, all are growing machines. The > Route 2 corridor is visible as the area of light beyond the pines. > The 3rd pine from the left probably brushes 153 feet. I won't be > able to measure it accurately until the leaves drop. Its girth is > now 8.6 feet. > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Leonard" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 5:19:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Negus, the big little mountain > > > Bob, > > Where is the trailhead to Negus Mountain? Is it from Steele Brook > Road in Rowe or Zoar Road in Charlemont? > > Sun and I have been section kayaking the fabulous and pristine > Deerfield River this summer. It is without question a jewel of a > river! > > More on that later. > > By the way next time you give a tour on the old growth at Mohawk let > me know; Sun and I would like to go. > > Mike > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
