Adirondack Project
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:30 pm
Hi Folks,
With the help of some stalwart Adirondack residents, I have taken on a larger project that I can really handle. It is the measurement and documentation of legacy trees in the Dacks. Here is the criteria I'm planning to use.
More species will be added as time goes on, but this is a start. So far, I have 12 sites identified with white pines in the 130-foot height class. There are many more, but confirming them is going to require boots on the ground. Anyone interested in joining the party?
This project is being done in support of on-going conservation efforts to highlight the exceptional forests and trees of the Dacks. The idea is that we not lose sight of quality in the pursuit of quantity.
On this last trip, just concluded, I set a new personal height record for red spruce with a 115.5-foot tall, 7.5-foot girth specimen growing on the south side of Mason Lake. More to come, with images.
Bob
With the help of some stalwart Adirondack residents, I have taken on a larger project that I can really handle. It is the measurement and documentation of legacy trees in the Dacks. Here is the criteria I'm planning to use.
More species will be added as time goes on, but this is a start. So far, I have 12 sites identified with white pines in the 130-foot height class. There are many more, but confirming them is going to require boots on the ground. Anyone interested in joining the party?
This project is being done in support of on-going conservation efforts to highlight the exceptional forests and trees of the Dacks. The idea is that we not lose sight of quality in the pursuit of quantity.
On this last trip, just concluded, I set a new personal height record for red spruce with a 115.5-foot tall, 7.5-foot girth specimen growing on the south side of Mason Lake. More to come, with images.
Bob