Marcus, That came to mind to me beforehand, considering all the rain we have had this year. It has hampered what little hiking I have done this year and has kept me from river fishing quite a bit as well. A boat might be the only way to see the majority of Congaree's floodplain forest.
I would look forward to seeing you again. You are one heck of a guide! James P. On Dec 9, 11:45 pm, Marcas Houtchings aka jeeping31 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 9, 6:04 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Will, > > > Sounds great! For those of you who missed it in the news is this note > > about the expansion of Congaree National Park from November: > > >http://wilderness.org/content/congaree-national-park-expanded > > > Congaree National Park expanded: Our work with South Carolina’s local youth > > and legislators > > > By Alex Morris on November 12, 2009 - 12:58pm > > > Of the 50 states, South Carolina is not one often associated with land > > preservation. But that’s not the case this fall. A bill passed by Congress > > in October has granted part of the funding to expand the state’s only > > national park and the home of the nation’s largest tract of old-growth > > bottomland hardwood forest. > > > By adding 2,000 acres to the park, the expansion will unite the park, which > > currently exists in two separate neighboring units. > > > Connecting the eastern and western portions of the park, the land is almost > > completely acquired and will offer a refuge to songbirds, owls, > > woodpeckers, white-tailed deer, otters and raccoons. The addition will also > > create protection for trees including dwarf cypress, large swamp > > cottonwoods and rare water hickories. Congaree needs about $1.37 million to > > complete the acreage. > > > Read the full story at the link above. > > > Edward Frank > > > "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey > > every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving > > nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth > > > Volunteer-ChuckSchaeffer-teaching-on-the-boardwalk-CongareeNationalPark-SouthCarolina.jpg > > 12KViewDownload > > I'm ready to help anyway I can again. Also looking forward to a great > group of guys and gals. Two things on my list to do is a boat put-in > from the river to measure more old champs and find new champs and the > other look for new big tree's in the new land the park has there talk > of there beening nice big tree also on the new land. I like for one > day to put -in by canoe to measure the BIG pine island and other pine > growing tall in the park away from the trail! > One big big problem is the rain right now the congaree is > flooded ! > here the web site that will let you know where the water > ishttp://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=cae&gage=sans1&vi...- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
