Just think if we didn't have a several hundred billion dollar pentagon budget, we could have plenty of money to fix our ecological problems. And, the same goes for our national 1.6 trillion dollar expense on our third world medical establishment- with a Canadian style universal health care system, we could save hundreds of billions.
Not to mention the trillions spent to bail out the financial industry which is now giving itself billions in bonuses. Our nation is rich enough for a universal health system, to stop wasting energy, to have mass transportation, to have all the education anyone wants, and to have a very healthy ecosystem- but the sleazy idiots who run this nation won't allow it. oops, I shouldn't have gotten into a political rant- especially a left wing political rant because some of you may be right wingers- oh, no, that's impossible so forget the apology Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Davie To: ENTSTrees Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:28 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Hemlocks at Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC 9-10-2009 I've been going around Highlands once a week for the last month for some reason or other. It's terrible to see the decline there, especially when so many people there could afford to do something, at least. They'll be paying for removals before too long.The Ellicott Rock area looks...devastated, really. On Oct 18, 1:23 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Last month I saw for the first time the wonderful old-growth hemlocks > preserved at the Highlands Biological Station. I have been urged to visit > them for some time and finally had the opportunity after leading a hike for > a native plant meeting. These trees have been treated for hemlock woolly > adelgid and now form one of the most intact and spectacular relics of a > vanishing forest. It was terribly foggy so my laser would not work but the > canopy heights were rather short; likely less than 130'. Still, the trees > were very old and had some super-high gnarl factor. I would highly recommend > a visit to this place if you have the chance. They grow along the one-way > Rhododendron Trail. I suspect the volumes of the larger trees will reach to > 900 ft3. Man, it was nice to see some healthy, big hemlocks for a change! > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > image001.jpg > 41KViewDownload > > image002.jpg > 50KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
