Kouta: I did not get to Bialowieza--I will have to do that on the next trip to Poland. There were just to many things to do while I was in Europe. I did see the oldest oaks in Poland, including the one with a circumference of 9.3 m, thought to be 600 years old, which is on the grounds of a palace near Poznan. I also saw some maple, oak and linden forests there that are very similar to our 'Bigwoods' in Minnesota. Same genera of trees, same landform (loess on top of glaicial moraines), same species of earthworms (native in Poland but exotic in Minnesota).
I might be able to go to the primal forests conference in Sweden next August. Lee Kouta Räsänen wrote: > Lee, > > You are right. The main problems are: > 1. Forests are too effectively managed. > 2. Protected areas in the southern Finland are too small. The forest > industry says 14% of Finland's land area is under some kind of > protection, but forget to say the large protected areas are > exclusively in the north and only 1.4% of the forests in southern > Finland are protected. > > Btw, if I remember correctly, you wrote earlier (maybe half year ago) > you were going to visit Białowieża National Park. Were you there? How > were your impressions? > > - Kouta > > On Oct 28, 4:08 pm, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kirk, Kouta: >> >> I know several forest ecologists from Finland and Sweden. I was able to >> talk with them at the European Congress of Conservation Biology in >> Prague during September. They are not very happy with the way forests >> are treated in Scandinavia. Many species that are important for >> ecosystem function, such as fungi insects and mosses, are declining in >> abundance after several generations of clearcutting. >> >> Lee >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
