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TOPIC: MTSF Report
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Date: Sun, Sep 7 2008 4:35 pm
From: dbhguru@comcast.net


ENTS,

The slow update process for MTSF trees was taken a step farther today. Monica and I escorted a couple of friends around parts of MTSF. I used the opportunity to grab a few more measurements.

Two more Mohawk pines have broken the 11-foot circumference threshold: the Bear Tree and the Jani Tree. There are now at least 17 single-stem white pines that reach 11 feet or more in girth. Eleven feet in girth is equivalent to 42 inches in diameter.

In the young Frog Pond Stand, the Sweetie Pie Pine has made it to 140.7 feet, the first pine in the stand to reach the 140-foot threshold. Sweetie Pie is only 7 feet in circumference, but growing rapidly.

The following table lists the total number of pines in the indicated height classes as of the latest measurements.  The totals are inclusive of all the trees above the listed height.

Height Class # White Pines

>=160 ft 7
>=150 ft 85
>=140 ft 249


The following table lists the total number of pines in the indicated girth classes

Girth Class # White Pines

>= 12 ft 3
>= 11 ft 17
>= 10 ft 65

Doubles are not included in the above numbers.

Tomorrow I'll be with a film maker who is doing a documentary on the Deerfield River and its associated forests. Little does he realize the treasures that the river corridor holds. It should be fun. I'll report on the filming tomorrow evening.

So far Monica has two trees named for her in MTSF: the Monica Pine and the Sweetie Pie Pine. The Monica Pine is a handsome old growth specimen and the Sweetie Pie is a young pine. She's well earned her trees, having had to here me reel off numbers for hours at a time.

Bob