Jess, When I was more involved in caving people would ask me about which cave I liked the most. I never could answer the question. There was something unique and interesting about each individual cave. Likewise I believe there is something neat about each individual forest no matter how impacted in may be. Sure some forests are more interesting than others and have more special features, but if you look, something of note can be found almost anywhere. Perhaps we need to train ourselves to find the extraordinary hidden among the mundane.
Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Jess Riddle To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: More Giant Ledge ...My feelings about the catskills are similar to my feelings about most other mountain ranges I've visited. Some of the forests are wonderful, fascinating areas to explore, but I have a hard time getting myself interested in other patches of forest. Some of the slopes on slide mountain harbor second-growth stands with overstories consisting of only sugar maple and yellow birch. Those stands had little to hold my interest in terms of structure or species. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
