Bob, Joe;
OK we'll see you guys at the Charlemont Inn for breakfast this Wed. at
8:30.
How big is the big Algonquin tree? 2,000 board feet? Wow we could fill
half a log truck with that! OK I promise not to mark that tree!
It will be interesting to look at some of these monster pines and think
hey we should be growing more of these!
Mike
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 1:33 PM
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Subject: [ENTS] Re: Back to Mike Leonard about Wednesday
Joe,
That would be way cool. Hope you can make it.
Bob
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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
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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]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2009 7:30:42 AM GMT -05:00
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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 think so. < ; - )
Maybe I'll count this field trip for some of the
required continuing forestry education credits for my forester's
license.
Mike
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Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:21 PM
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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"
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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
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