Cook Forest, PA April 18-19

[dbhguru]

NTS,

  It is official. We'll have a tree measuring workshop on April 18 and 19 at Cook Forest SP, PA. LTI will be there with lots of equipment to demonstrate. We'll re-measure the Longfellow Pine and other great trees. All are welcome. Steve, Rand, Turner, etc., hope you all can come. Lots of fun.

Bob

[Will Blozan]

Bob, who will verify that your laser measurements are accurate??? :)

Will

[dbhguru]

Will,

  Dale and big Ed will keep me honest, and the Ohio A-team, if they make it. Be assured, I will be well supervised. But, if you are able to make it up, I'll really have to watch my P's and Q's.

Bob

[edfrank]

Reports from Previous Cook Forest Rendezvous:



Fall ENTS Rendezvous-Cook Forest Big Tree Extravaganza  October 2009
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/ents_cook_forest_2009_event.htm


Cook Forest Big Tree Extravaganza/ ENTS Rendezvous April 2007:
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/cook2007/cook_forest_big_tree_event.htm      

April 23-24, 2005 Cook Forest, PA      
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/cook_forest_05.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/cook2005/rendezvous_cook_forest05.htm

Cook Forest Rendezvous April 2003:
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/2003%20Extravaganza.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/senecaclimb/senecaclimb.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/cook_workshop03.htm

Rendezvous April 2002:
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/cook_forest_or_bust.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/cook_forest_rendezvous.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna_cook_forest/cook2002/cook_forest_rendezvous2002.htm
http://www.championtrees.org/oldgrowth/surveys/CookForestSP20420.htm
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/events/cook2002.htm

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[Steve Galehouse]

Bob-

I'll do my best to be there, but too far ahead to commit. I'd love to be part of the excursion, Cook Forest is such an impressive area.

Steve

[dbhguru]

Steve,

  Hope you and the other members of the Ohio A-team can make it. We can each measure the Longfellow pine, and compare results, equipment, and methods. Can't give that great tree too much attention.

Bob

[Will Blozan]

Bob,

I'll see what I can do to get up there. Of course, I will bring climbing gear to keep you and Dale as honest as possible...

Will

[dbhguru]

Will,

  That would be super. The Longfellow Pine is in need of a down to the inch measurement. As the tallest tree of the entire Northeast, it deserves more than just passing attention. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would have composed a poem for it, had he known about it.

Bob

[dbhguru]

NTS,

  It appears that American Forests will join us on April 18-19 at Cook Forest, PA. In fact, I think AF will be supporting other NTS events including the one in MTSF in the fall. This is a major step forward in what could be a partnership that serves both organizations well. We had the makings of that partnership in 2001 when AF attended an ENTS rendezvous in MTSF and in Cook Forest the following year. However, staff turnover derailed the budding partnership and we found ourselves back at square one. Our great friend Colby Rucker played a pivotal role in that early association. Now we appear to be back on track. LTI will also be a participant at future NTE events in an educational capacity. It is onward and upward.

   For any of you who have not had the opportunity to visit Cook Forest, and can join us, I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Guaranteed.

Bob

[edfrank]

Cook Forest State Park. PA will be sponsoring a tree-measuring workshop for April 18-19.The agenda has not been completely determined, but at this point it will likely include at least five major events:

            1. Re-measuring the Longfellow White Pine, tallest accurately measured tree in the Northeast. ENTS President Will Blozan will likely climb the tall pine and do a tape drop measurement and volume modeling. We will concurrently measure the Longfellow Pine from the ground using a variety of height measuring techniques with comparisons made to the tape drop.

           2. An outdoor workshop to demonstrate a variety of tree measuring techniques. This will principally be an ENTS-orchestrated event. There will probably be at least half a dozen experienced ENTS members to demonstrate the various methods.

           3. An equipment demonstration by Laser Technologies Inc. (LTI) with hopefully a glimpse at what is in the planning stages. LTI is the Cadillac of the infrared laser products industry. They make the Impulse 200LR laser, the TruPulse series, RD1000, etc.  Forestry is a prime market for their equipment.

           4. An interpretive walk through the incomparable Cathedral Grove of old growth white pines. Cook Forest has at least 111, and probably over 120, white pines that reach heights of 150 feet or more. Four exceed 170 feet, and one exceeds 180. All have been measured by Park Naturalist and Educational Specialist and ENTS member Dale Luthringer.  

           5. A lecture by my friend Dale on the exceptional forests and trees of Pennsylvania.

American Forests will join us on April 18-19 at Cook Forest, PA. In fact, I think AF will be supporting other NTS events including the one in MTSF in the fall. This is a major step forward in what could be a partnership that serves both organizations well. We had the makings of that partnership in 2001 when AF attended an ENTS rendezvous in MTSF and in Cook Forest the following year. However, staff turnover derailed the budding partnership and we found ourselves back at square one. Our great friend Colby Rucker played a pivotal role in that early association. Now we appear to be back on track. LTI will also be a participant at future NTE events in an educational capacity. It is onward and upward.

  For any of you who have not had the opportunity to visit Cook Forest, and can join us, I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Guaranteed.

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