"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form." Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Joslin To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:44 PM Subject: [ENTS] Graves Farm, Williamsburg, Mass visit
I have to give in and get a GPS. I've been resisting 'cause I have too many electronic gadgets as it is. I resisted getting a cellphone too which is indicative of my love/hate affair with modern devices. But... I was recently visiting Graves Farm Mass. Audubon Sanctuary in Williamsburg,Mass. (poaching in Bob's backyard) and measured some decent white pine. Would've been nice to GPS the tallest found which is difficult to distinguish from a dozen others nearby that look to be similar height but are not. The best I could do for white pine at Graves Farm was 129.5' (youngish tree), there is a notable old pine with a broken top and significant gnarl and diameter, the rest are relatively young but appear to have future growth potential. Not up to the Mohawk Trail/Monroe State Forest standard but a very nice feel to the forest. For your enjoyment here's video of life on the ground in this lovely forest habitat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdY17vX8fHE -Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
