Don- Were the roots hard to put out on those 4-5' burning stumps? -Don Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS...
On Dec 14, 2009, at 8:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Larry-- > > Your stump pictures reminded me of a dry fall (probably September or > October of 1989) while I was a forestry undergraduate at Michigan > Tech. We were hired by the Michigan DNR over a couple weekends to > help mop up a fire in a hardwood-dominated stand up on the Keweenaw > Peninsula. Much of our effort was spent using hoses and backpack > sprayers to douse smoldering white pine stumps left over from the > big cut early in the 20th century. I didn't measure any of these > giant stumps, but some were probably at least 4-5 feet in diameter. > I remember thinking of how impressive that stand of timber would > have been when it was alive... > > Don Bragg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry <[email protected]> > To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:44 am > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Douglas Co., Wisconsin Old White Pine Trees and > Stumps > > Steve, I'm not sure, thats a good question. I guess it could be a > number of things. Lightning, insect pests, compaction when they logged > ( root disturbance) the surrounding Forest, etc. > > -- > 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] -- 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]
