Gaines, I was in your position just 1 year ago having recently joined ENTS and having only rudimentary methods of tree measuring. I can say without hesitation that you're plugged in to the right community to help assist and advise you in obtaining accurate tree measurements. ENTS has been extremely open and helpful for me and I often get personalized emails from numerous members answers my questions. There's a bit of a learning curve with some of these techniques, but I can confidently say that the ENTS SIN method for measuring trees is fairly easy with a little practice. Just get your hands on a used laser and clinometer from Ebay and you're set! ~Eli
--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Gaines McMartin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gaines McMartin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENTS] currency of tall trees lists To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 7:14 PM Don: Thanks for the explanation. I would like to get some equipment and do some more accurate preliminary measurements. I never feel very comfortable with my improvised method. Sometimes I feel downright silly doing what I do. At the moment I am full up with responsibilities to other people, plus I need to keep up with the work I need to do at my timberland. I should have taken this up years ago--for me it would be great fun. If I can get together with Will to measure the tuliptrees in Glover Park, I may get a bit of an introduction to how to measure trees and that may give me some momentum in the right direction. Then if I get some time I could be of some use. --Gaines ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 1/4/10, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- 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]
