Nearly every historical account of virgin forest or old growth that I have found for Wisconsin was logged after publishing if it was publicized before the state natural area program was started. There are a few exceptions on public and private land, but for the most part, they all ended up being dead ends from a tree hunt perspective if they hadn't been immediately protected somehow. You will likely find many accounts and most will probably be dead ends, too.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "x" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [ENTS] a couple more NJ possibilities > Haven't found much anything on the west pond ravine on the internet (an > 1895 > geological survey report of NJ said it was well known to contain virgin > timber never so much as even mildly selectively cut). > > it's hard to know if anything has happened to it since then > > a major project opened up in the area that required tons of timber from > 1917 > to 1960 or so but I think that was a but farther to the west in the > Wawayanda area > > it does seem hard to believe that an unknown virgin timber ravine perhaps > longer than 2 miles could actually be hidden in NJ but maybe.... > > I did find this tidbit on a state site talking about the general area the > ravine is in (it's a 2000+ contiguous acreage area, but the 1895 report > said > that all the mountain tops and flatter areas had been utterly logged and > burned to pieces with the worst quality timber in the state while the deep > ravines where well known to have extensive older forest with the west pond > ravine, in particular, known for having the wildest virgin timber not once > ever touched): > "....is isolated and untouched, accessible only on foot. Marshes and > wetlands are scattered throughout the forest with several brooks and > streams > crisscrossing the lower areas. Hemlock and oak are the dominant species of > this relatively undisturbed forest." > > and as far as I can tell there are no known old dirt roads going into the > main ravine area > > the last mile right after it makes a 90 turns and darts down to the towns > in > the valley below has a paved road going through it (no easy access to the > main portion from this road, narrow and twisty with no pullouts and the > ravine drops down below off the edge), but the upper few miles at a ninety > degree angle to this portion are road free to this day, in fact I think it > might even be largely (completely?) trail free. > > anyway it seems like it will either be virgin timber or very young second > growth depending what happened > > > > > -- > 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]
