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Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob <[email protected]> > Date: August 13, 2009 8:45:48 AM EDT > To: Joseph Zorzin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: geology > > Joe > > It was especially gratifying to be out yesterday with you and > Mike. Most peope who visit Mohawk with me enjoy it but you two knew > what you were looking at and appreciated it from a deeper level of > forest understanding. > > Folks who attend my programs often get a kick from my enthusiasm but > otherwise relate too Mohawk only in general ways. The forest doesn' > t stand out as extra special. I understand and work all the harder, > which they seem to enjoy. By the time my programs end, I think they > believe they've been in the company of a real southern evangelist. > Perhaps they have. > > Anyway, it was great to get back out in the field with you and great > to get out for the first time with Mike and Sun. > > Currently Monica and I are over in Hunter Mountain New York. Were > getting another Catskill high. I can't get enough of the Catskills, > but looking at the forests, or rather the condition of the forests > makes me all the more aware of how special Mohawk is. > > BTW, I neglected to mention yesterday after I measured the girth of > Tecumseh and found that it has reached 12 feet, Tecumseh joins a > very select club of 12x160. At this point we have only 5 sites in > the entire Northeast with members of that club: Cook Forest, Hearts > Content, Anders Run (formerly), MTSF, and MSF. So PA and MA share > the honors. Other states in the Northeast have no entries. > > Will Blozan can fill in the members fom the Southeast. Will? > > Bob > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:14 AM, "Joseph Zorzin" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Bob, I suppose that must be a conclusion. It's often said that in >> areas where the bedrock is very mixed doesn't correlate all that >> strongly with the vegetation in glaciated areas because the soil >> was pushed around (till) and all mixed up but there still has to be >> some correlation. At least it's a factor along with the protection >> MTSF gets from having high hills nearby. The high hills not only >> offer protection but lots of water draining down from on high- and >> nutrients draining down with that water. Probably the biggest >> factor of all though is the fact that those stands were not cut- >> similar good terrain is probably common and should have had similar >> great trees. >> >> I think the lesson learned is that PROTECTION is the most important >> thing- which is why we must continue to protect other forests that >> have the potential to also be great, even if it's centuries from now. >> >> Wild guess but I suspect there must be many similar pockets of >> trees in the NE that were not cut - which simply haven't been >> discovered by big tree lovers. >> >> Joe >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Bob >> To: Joseph Zorzin >> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:31 PM >> Subject: Re: geology >> >> Joe >> >> So, do we conclude that the rocks are very rich in trace >> minerals and they contribute to the tree growth? >> >> Bob >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 12, 2009, at 6:49 PM, "Joseph Zorzin" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Bob, I just reviewed my statewide geology book- it's clear that >>> the bedrock in the area we saw today had a volcanic origin. >>> >>> Joe >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
