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peer_reviewed.JPG An Improved Tree Height Measurement Technique Tested on Mature Southern Pines by Don C. Bragg. SOUTH. J. APPL. FOR. 32(1) 2008, pp. 38-43. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/specialreports/bragg/Bragg2008A.pdf Bragg2008A1.JPG Virtually all techniques for tree height determination fo...

peer_reviewed.JPG The Sine Method as a More Accurate Height Predictor for Hardwoods by Don C. Bragg, In: Buckley, David S.; Clatterbuck, Wayne K. (eds.). Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. General Technical Report SRS-101. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fore...

Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society, Volume 7, No. 1, Winter 2012 http://www.nativetreesociety.org/bulletin/b7_1/B_ENTS_v07_01.pdf B_ENTS_v07_01.JPG TABLE OF CONTENTS Familiar Trees Show Up in the Darndest Places!................................................................... 1 Don C. B...

sine_paper_heading.JPG Sine method paper just released as a USFS research note NTS Please follow this link to find our paper, just published, on the sine method: http://treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/39981 As a US Forest Service publication, it is part of the public domain, and hence can be posted or di...

Don and Ed, I propose we do a special issue of the Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society devoted to Michael and his ascendency to the top of the tree measuring hill. It is time that the whole world understands what he is accomplishing, often single-handedly. Obviously, we'd get stunning images...

For those interested, the FIA website (http://fia/program-features/) includes descriptions of how the samples are taken, including plot density across the US (about 1 plot every 6,000 acres) and how the data are collected. There has been extensive work done on characterizing sampling errors in the F...

Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society, Volume 6, No. 2-3, Spring and Summer 2011 http://www.nativetreesociety.org/bulletin/b6_2_3/B_ENTS_v06_02&3.pdf b6_2_3m.JPG [/url] An artistic rendition of the glaciers at Shavlinsky Lake in Russia. Line drawing/watercolor by Fred Paillet. A New ENTS Magaz...

I, too, am continuously surprised by what I find in the areas I thought I knew so well...my eyes have been opened to many doors as of late...

Speaking of multi-stemmed trees, have y'all seen the picture of the current (2011) American Forests national champion eastern white pine they have on their website??

Yowsers!!!!!

The last week of July I took my family to the 1.5 mile long Raven Nature Trail loop, which is on the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest just south of Woodruff, Wisconsin. It was a gorgeous day, and I had an urge to dust off the TruPulse 200 while enjoying the fine weather. A quick intern...