Git er done Bob. I don't know any better one to fix this problem than you. Too bad you don't have Will Blozan with you. You guys are our best.
Merry Christmas: James P. On Dec 24, 9:01 am, [email protected] wrote: > ENTS, > > Tomorrow Monica and I head to Virginia to visit two great friends: Dr. Nancy > Weiss and Carol Wise. Nancy has set up some kind of tree measuring session > for me. Other VA friends are supposed to be there. Hopefully, I will be able > to make some inroads. VA is a former state of residence of mine. I have deep > roots in Virginia and a great fondness for the Old Dominion. > > Virginia isn't geographically far from Pennsylvania, but sadly, its champion > tree program lags. Below, I've copied the VA champion tree program > description of how to measure tree height. It is inexcusably weak. The VA > coordinators need to pay attention to what is going on in the tree-measuring > world. They can simply reference Will Blozan's tree measuring guidelines on > the ENTS website. Will has done all the work. The VA boys just need to cash > in - for free. Thanks to enlightened Ents Scott Wade, Don Bertolette, Will > Fell, etc. PA, AK, and GA are at the top of the food chain. VA is still > bottom feeding. Gotta help out my former state of residence. > > Bob > > From VA champion tree website: Tree Height > Measuring Height > > There are many tools that can be used to estimate the height of a tree > including something as simple as a stick, but if at all possible height > measurements should be confirmed by an expert such as a local arborist, > forester, or Big Tree Coordinator. > > The vertical height of a tree is measured in feet. It can be measured using > an Abney hand level, a hypsometer, a transit, a clinometer , a relascope, a > laser or other instrument designed for that purpose. > > Alternatively, you can use the stick method: > > Hold the stick at its base vertically, making certain that the length of the > stick above your hand equals the distance from your hand to your eye. Staying > on ground level (or on the same contour as the base of the tree), move away > from the tree while sighting the trunk base above your hand. Stop when the > top of the stick is level with the top of the tree. You should be looking > over your hand at the base of the tree and, moving only your eyes, looking > over the top of your stick at the top of your tree. Measure how far you are > from the tree and that measurement - in feet - is the tree's height. -- 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]
