Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:05 pm
Michael,
I join Will in expressing my envy. However, seeing these giant trees and learning about their volumes spurs me on to really plan some serious tree modeling here in new England. At the end of the week Monica and I will go to New Hampshire for a gathering of her fellow musicians at Squam Lake. The group wants a tree walk and guess who is nominated to lead that. I think there are some nice white pines around the shores of the lake.
Monica and I will also use the opportunity to sneak off and measure and model the huge Tamworth Pine in Hemmenway State Forest. It will be a major effort to get diameter aloft because of the branching pattern of the pine. The objective is to determine if the Tamworth Pine exceeds 1,000 cubes. I think it will, but only by a little. By comparison, I read of the 5,000-cuber ponderosas and sugars in your neck of the woods and begin salivating. However, everything is relative. You wouldn't believe the seedy little trees that excite the timber community here in New England. A northern red oak with 250 cubes of trunk volume is usually considered due for cutting, if not already over-mature.
Bob
I join Will in expressing my envy. However, seeing these giant trees and learning about their volumes spurs me on to really plan some serious tree modeling here in new England. At the end of the week Monica and I will go to New Hampshire for a gathering of her fellow musicians at Squam Lake. The group wants a tree walk and guess who is nominated to lead that. I think there are some nice white pines around the shores of the lake.
Monica and I will also use the opportunity to sneak off and measure and model the huge Tamworth Pine in Hemmenway State Forest. It will be a major effort to get diameter aloft because of the branching pattern of the pine. The objective is to determine if the Tamworth Pine exceeds 1,000 cubes. I think it will, but only by a little. By comparison, I read of the 5,000-cuber ponderosas and sugars in your neck of the woods and begin salivating. However, everything is relative. You wouldn't believe the seedy little trees that excite the timber community here in New England. A northern red oak with 250 cubes of trunk volume is usually considered due for cutting, if not already over-mature.
Bob