Gaines- As the restoration forester and hazard tree coordinator for Grand Canyon National Park, I had opinions of past practices at the Park...the North Rim Campground parking lot was paved, which wasn't necessary but did make it neater...especially the 3' + ponderosa pines that had 0 clearance around their base...no thinking at all about where the pines might get their water, just wanting to look neat...
-Don > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:08:42 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ENTS] tree root compaction questions > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Eli and Don: > > This is a nice story--you don't this level of care very often. > > But I am a long time observer of tree root compaction, walkway > construction, etc and the effect on trees. I applaud everyone who is > concerned and takes special steps to avoid unnecessary impacts. > > But there is not always, even if steps are not taken, a severe > impact. I have a lot of stories I could tell about situations where I > thought there would be some dire consequences from careless and ill > advised "activity" very near trees, and ultimately, didn't see any. I > will just cite the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwood State > Park. The redwoods seem, at least so far, to have not been adversely > affected by having the road constructed, in some cases literally right > up against the bases of these great trees. > > Not all trees have the same tolerance of such > activity/disruption--just one example: tuliptrees--one of my favorite > species--are very, very sensitive and one should stay away from them > as much as possible with any such activities. > > --Gaines _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/
