Paul,
Thanks. I thought that to be the case, but wanted to leave it to your or Lee to confirm it. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Jost" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:34:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Fwd: geology Bob, And in the western Great Lakes states, I believe that only the Menominee Indian Reservation in northeastern Wisconsin is known to have trees in the 12x160 club. Paul On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Bob < [email protected] > wrote: Sent from my iPhone 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
