Spruce- As an Alaska Big Tree Coordinator, I can answer some of your questions...regarding updating, if all goes well, a coordinator will be contacted with a candidate for nomination...if it's nearby and the coordinator has time, they'll go out and measure it themselves, and update in a reasonably short time.
If all doesn't go well, then it takes longer. None of us state coordinators are paid or supported (well we get praise, but that doesn't buy our hypsometers). Those of us working in an allied Forestry profession (typically) happily accept the position as a collateral duty, one that most of our employers support (with praise, sometimes blessing use of 'company' equipment). Collateral duty comes after our primary work responsibilities. THat means during the field season, nominations may have to wait, especially if out of our assigned work area. Some of us have to rely on a 'cadre' we develop of agency/enterprise professionals, which adds another time element, as they too have their own schedules. So to get to your 'suggestions', I would encourage you to access the same kinds of equipment that many of the lay people here have acquired, and provide your state coordinator with candidates...explain to them what kind of equipment you used, so they can get a sense of how accurate your measurements are. They'll often know on the spot whether 'your' tree is a contender. Good luck tree hunting! -Don > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:03:18 -0800 > Subject: [ENTS] currency of tall trees lists > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I am new, so please forgive any ignorance I show here. I just came > across the state-by-state list of tall trees. I see that most of the > dates attached are somewhat old--2004, etc. Are these lists regularly > updated? > > I am asking because of my interest in tall trees and I would have > some suggestions for some trees that maybe should be measured. I am > wondering if anyone would be interested in following up on any > suggestions I might make? Or is the interest in measuring trees > waning since the lists were originally created? > > --Spruce > > -- > 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] _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -- 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]
