Bob,
Sweet! I truly enjoy your photos and reports. MTSF is amazing. I am inspired by your passion and enthusiasm for MTSF. How many acres and species are within MTSF? Those aspen are incredible. When I find them there are usually only about a handful of them. The largest I have measured here in SE Pa. is 4'1" x 87.5'. I hope to revisit the Airdrie Forest Preserve tomorrow with my son, mostly to take some pictures. My first visit was in June. The canopy was thick and I'm sure I missed the top on many of the trees. I hope to find a 150' tulip poplar. I'll report on it later this winter. George From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Belchetz-Swenson, Sarah; CAMPANILE, ROBERT; Ricci, Heidi Subject: [ENTS] Fwd: Continuing the mission ENTS, I short time back I mentioned to Monica that I was becoming frustrated with my forest mission. Naturally she asked why. I explained that I hadn't been making enough new big/tall tree discoveries. I was spending too much time revisiting the same trees. I do like to check up on favorite trees, but I need to add to my database. Soon thereafter, my world brightened. I added the Neil Pederson Pine to the list of significant trees - the northern most 140-foot white pine measured in Massachusetts. Today, I went to MTSF with a two objectives: remeasure our champion bigtooth aspen and visit the north end of the state forest. The following table summarizes the results of today's solo measuring foray. Species Hgt Girth Status Name NRO 123.2 7.3 remeasurement BTA 126.0 4.0 remeasurement Eichholz Aspen WA 143.8 5.8 remeasurement NRO 121.2 9.6 New HM 126.1 9.6 remeasurement WP 151.3 10.0 New #87 Lonesome Pine WP 145.0 9.4 New Triplet #1 WP 144.2 10.7 New Triplet #2 WP 140.8 9.6 New Triplet #3 BTA 120.0 3.5 remeasurement BTA 115.8 New BTA 117.0 remeasurement I was surprised to confirm the 126-foot aspen. John Eichholz had a tag at the 4.5-foot spot. So, the first good news is that our champ has not lost height. After leaving the grove of aspens, I went to a flat area at the base of Clark Ridge to check on a cluster of tall ash trees. I confirmed that the tallest in the group is doing fine. It is up to 143.8 feet. Sweet. I then headed to the northeastern corner of the SF. The list above tells the story - a new 150-footer. Sweet. It grows at almost the northeastern boundary of MTSF and becomes the 87th 150-footer for Mohawk. I had measured the trees several years ago when it had just reached 148 feet. I forget about the tree. In the meantime it did its duty and grew. Sweet. I also measured 3 pines in a ravine that I had previously overlooked. My bad. They all broke 140. Sweet. On the way back I stopped again at the aspen site, remeasured a couple, and added a new one. Images are attached. The first two are of the Lonesome Pine, the new 150-footer. The new 120-foot oak is 3rd. The last two images are of the 145-footer - #1 of the Triplet Pines. My concluding comment about the day. SWEET! Bob -- 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] -- 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]
