Barry
We're headed to Virginia ny way of Gettysburg, PA. Through NJ
was the safer route because of the weather. Monica is from Newark, so
I'm no stranger to the Garden State. Where exactly do you live?
Bob
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On Dec 25, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Barry Caselli <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Garden State Parkway? How far are you going/did you go? The nearest
> exits to me are in the 40s.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 12/25/09, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Bob <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: VA Big Trees link
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, December 25, 2009, 10:33 AM
>
> James
>
> And merry Christmas to you and Joy. Presently Monica and I are on
> the Garden State Parkway headed south. Holy Moly,as Dale would say,
> how do people handle the congestion down here? I forget between trips.
> I'm glad Barry has the pine barrens.
>
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:43 AM, James Parton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
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