| 6th
Ancient Eastern Forest Conference, Hemmingway State Park, White
Mtns. NF, NH |
Robert
Leverett |
| Sep
28, 2004 06:00 PDT |
ENTS:
Well the 6th Ancient Eastern Forest Conference
held at Geneva Point
on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH is in the history books. It was GREAT!
The
science was outstanding. The company was outstanding. The field
trips
were outstanding. Field trips. Yes, yes, field trips. The trip
to
Hemminway State Park - Pine Natural Area went swimmingly. Lee
Frelick
and I re-measured the huge Tamworth Pine. Its statistics are a
robust:
CBH =
14.2 ft
Hgt =
150.1 ft
Crown
= 40 ft (est)
That's 330 big tree points. Not bad. Beyond its championship
status on
the big tree formula, the Tamworth pine is the only 14-ft CBH -
150-ft
hgt combination that we've substantiated in New England.
This pine takes over as New Hampshire's champion - I think. Lee
and I
also re-measured the giant Bradford pine. But alas, the great
tree has
died back to a live crown height of only 106 ft.
On Sunday AM, Lee and I gave a workshop on
tree measuring to a very
receptive group. Bill Leak of the White Mtn NF was there as was
several
state people. It looks like I'll have the opportunity to train
NH big
tree volunteers on ENTS measuring methods. We are making
converts among
the state champion tree programs. Will Fell will be proud of us.
With the 6th conference now in the record
books, I can turn full
attention to the 2nd Forest Summit-ENTS rendezvous scheduled for
the
period of Oct 21-24. Lots of fun will be had by attendees. More
in the
coming days. But as a preview, Will Blozan, Ed Coyle, and Bob
Van Pelt
will likely climb the huge Thoreau Pine in Monroe State Forest
which Lee
and I re-measured yesterday: Stats are:
CBH
= 12.5 ft
Hgt
= 156.9 ft
Will will model the tree for volume by taking
periodic circumference
measurements. We want to get a good set of volume measurements
for the
biggest eastern white pines.
Will's detailed and valuable reports on the
big trees of the Smokies
continues to keep that region on the top of the list. Will's
naming of
the "Mountain Mama" suggested a name to me of a
150-foot white pine in
Hanover NH's Pine Park. Henceforth it will be known as the
"Pine Park
Papa".
More on OG definitions and concepts in the
next series of e-mails.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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