Chris,
Plenty of great trees and plenty of opportunities. Not a problem. We'll schedule another. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Girard" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:50:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Tree of Peace grove, Mohawk Trail State Forest 10-17-09 Bob, this was one tree that I REALLY wanted to climb with Andrew on Saturday, but like I told him, I had to pass due to having plans with my wife to celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to climb with you guys someday soon. Chris Girard ISA Certified Arborist -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 9:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Tree of Peace grove, Mohawk Trail State Forest 10-17-09 ENTS, Today we added another chapter to the story of Mohawk Trail State Forest, forest icon of all Massachusetts. Andrew Joslin's name was officially added to the ENTS list of elites who have climbed and tape drop measured the great pines of Mohawk. My friend Tim Zelazo and Keith, a friend of Andrew's, photographically documented the climb to tape drop measure the Joe Norton tree, which I had listed as the 4th tallest tree in Massachusetts. Before the tape drop measure, I remeasured Joe from the ground and got values from 163.1 to 163.6 feet. The tape drop measurement was 163.5 feet. So our ground-based measurements of Joe were close despite my fears that we weren't seeing the top. More on the Joe Norton tree tomorrow. Also, I'm looking forward to Andrew's filming. That will tell the story best. Tomorrow I return to Mohawk to show a Boston College graduate student around. She is a journalism major for science and medical reporting. She wants to do a story on ENTS and big tree hunting in New England. So we'll show her some of the great trees, how we hunt for them, measure them, monitor them, etc. The trees are getting well-deserved attention, but we will be careful not to overdo it. Tim and I were discussing that very point. Some serious thinking to do. Andrew, again, thanks so very much. We are indebted to you, buddy. Between Will Blozan, you, and the others who accompany Will, the story of the great Mohawk pines is unfolding in pictures and numbers. We are working on a display that DCR will be putting together on 10 top trees located on DCR properties. Robert Campanile of the Western Gateway Heritage State Park will be designing the display. Tim Zelazo, District Manager, has opened up the photographic entries to others. I will choose the 10 trees, take measurements of them, and develop an informational profile about each tree. However, Tim will except photos from others. So, anyone wishing to contribute photos needs to coordinate with me to get you to the tree or trees. We'll then get the images to Tim by the method he prescribes. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Zelazo" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:43:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Tree of Peace grove, Mohawk Trail State Forest 10-17-09 Andrew: I think you were in the tree for four hours. I don't know what I was doing when you were standing in the top whorl, but the videographer said he got it. While I was moving around the tree during the climb, I finally realized how tall the tree is. I'm glad we all had a safe day. Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
