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TOPIC: BVP's Great Book
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/c9657775309f4d07?hl=en
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Date: Sun, Nov 11 2007 10:39 pm
From: dbhguru
ENTS,
BVP has a new book out entitled "Identifying Mature and Old
Forests in Western Washington". It is published by the
Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Bob sent me a copy
and I have yet to formally thank him - inexcusable on my part.
Thank's ever so much, Bob.
To quote from a lead in to the book, "This guide was developed
to support management of forested state trust lands." This lead
in alone should cause some ears to perk up, but I can say right off
that no Ent interested in old growth should be without this book. I
have no idea what it's availability is, but I would encourage all
interested in the identification of old growth forests and tree
characteristics to secure a copy.
Bob's book is only 103 pages long, but every page is loaded with
useful and interesting information. Over the next few weeks, I will
address general topics and particular points that Bob makes in his
book. I will search for points that strike me as especially useful
for us here in the East.
I'll close this e-mail by saying that it is a great comfort to me to
know that I can quote from Bob's book and rest assured beyond a
shadow of a doubt that any number Bob gives us is as accurate as a
human can make it. It's source is Bob, himself, instead of someone
else's work of unknown accuracy.
Bob
Identifying
Mature and Old Forests in Washington
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/lm/oldgrowth/id_guides/index.html
Robert
Van Pelt
In connection with the Definition
and Inventory of Old Growth Forests on DNR-Managed State Lands
project, we have produced a document titled Identifying Mature
and Old Forests in Western Washington, by Robert Van Pelt. A
companion guide for Eastern Washington forests is currently being
developed.
The purpose
of these guides is to help readers interpret the ecology,
disturbance history, and age of a given stand or tree using
environmental features, including the physical characteristics of
the trees themselves.
A working
ecological understanding of the major tree species, the
environments where they grow, and the dominant disturbance regimes
at play in a given stand is required when reconstructing stand
history and making determinations of tree and stand age. These
guides are designed to provide the tools needed for such
determinations.
Identifying
Mature and Old Forests In Western Washington
Identifying
Mature and Old Forests In Eastern Washington
- Complete
Document - wwill
be posted late 2007/early 2008
Land
Management Division
Definition
and Inventory of Old Growth Forests on DNR-Managed State Lands
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/lm/oldgrowth/index.html
June 2005
In 2004, the
Washington State Legislature directed DNR to inventory and map old
growth forests on state-managed lands, as defined by a panel of
scientists. The resulting report is found here in two sections:
Section 1 is the report of the independent science panel (the Old
Growth Definition Committee), and Section 2 is DNR’s report on
the old growth inventory and mapping effort.
The report may be downloaded in its entirety, or in individual
sections.
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