Bob, You need to GPS these trees as you measure them so that they can be located and distinguished the next time someone visits the site. I know you have GPS built into your iPhone and maybe a stand alone unit. ENTS people in general, if they have the capability should to start taking GPS readings of their tree as they measure. ENTS, if you do not have GPS unit, please take careful notes and describe the tree's location, so that they may be found by others. There is no real point in having people discover the same trees over and over again because we do not know where they are located. You are better off measuring new trees at new locations. If you want to monitor the growth of a particular tree, yes you will need to remeasure it over and over again, but the numbers are only meaningful of you know that this tree is the same one that was measured the last time. In order to develop a useful database of measurements, we need to know where the trees we measure are located.
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