Bob, I am glad you are still making discoveries in your old stomping grounds there at MTSF. Here in Pennsylvania we have I believe 78 State Forest Natural Areas and many in State Parks also. Several Years ago Charles (Chuck) Fergus, a naturalist/outdoor writer set himself the task of visiting each of the 78 State Forest Natural Areas in a single year. He wrote a trip report for each visit and directions for finding the area. These were compiled into a book I have found very useful in my explorations of forests in PA. This could be a project for you in Massachusetts and a reason to visit some of these other areas. There are 9 large forest reserves in the state, with some divided into multiple sections. You could visit each of the sites and measure trees and do a site description for each, with the goal of putting them together into a more formal report. Each description could be from 3 to 12 pages. You wrote a nice overview in this style of MTSF in your original MTSF Annual Report series. That could be updated. There was also a list of various areas being considered for small scale forest reserves in the state that would encompass only a few areas. Even if these did not have great trees, there is surely natural features of interest you could visit and describe. This would be a more relaxed and less demanding than the Mensuration Book. You could even take photos and GPS locations this time. As you know I have been trying to visit the little pockets of old forest found in PA that others haven't been to yet. In between I am trying to see some of the other State Natural Areas - many have already been reported by Ernie Ostuno and Dale Luthringer, among others. But it is something that is a nice ongoing project that lets me see some different areas rather than just revisiting the old ones.
Ed Frank Check out my new Blog: http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ (and click on some of the ads) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: Belchetz-Swenson, Sarah ; CAMPANILE, ROBERT ; Ricci, Heidi Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:50 PM 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. -- 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]
