Northeast Rucker Index   Robert Leverett   Nov 09, 2004 10:32 PST  Tom:    Holy Populus deltoides, Tom. Zoar Valley kicks toosh! Will the big tree numbers never end? Let's see. What do we now have in the Northeast for Rucker indices at 120 or above?    Zoar Valley, NY:       136.20    Cook Forest,PA:        135.79    MTSF,MA:               134.46    Wintergreen Gorge, PA: 128.53    Fairmont Park, PA:     127.72    Rickets Glen, PA:      126.29    Ice Glen, MA:          126.17    Walnut Crek Gorge, PA: 121.69    Anders Run, PA:        121.48    MSF, MA:               121.36    Now it is up to the team of Howard Stoner, Bob Leverett, Phyllis Silvers, and Holly Post to add a southeastern NY site. Although I haven't the foggiest of an idea where it might be, I do think the Catskills have at least a couple of sites in the 120 class and maybe more. I'm sure that given enough time, we can find 4 or 5 more NY sites in the 120 class. We've got our work cut out for us.    It is possible that there is another 120 site in the Deerfield River corridor in MA, but it is doubtful there are any others in the Baystate. New Hampshire may have one and possible Vermont. New Jersey should have several, but I for one, don't want to fight the traffic to hunt for them.    Tom, we're now anxiously waiting on some Ohio sites. If there are any, you're obviously the one to find them. Nobody else out that way looking that I'm aware of. Bob   Home