Elders Grove-Paul Smiths   Howard Stoner
  Nov 06, 2006 11:47 PST 
To All,

Attempted to remeasure a balsam fir near Leonard Lake but the deer
hunters, seemingly, had
the tree surrounded. I'll get that one later.
Went to Elders Grove at Paul Smiths and took several measurements before
deer hunters
again had me uneasy. Here are the results:

White Pine #103 160.0 ft.13.2cbh
Balsam Fir 95.6 ft 4.0 cbh
Yellow Birch 74.5 ft 9.5 cbh
Black Cherry 87.3 ft 10.0 cbh

Howard
RE: Elders Grove-Paul Smiths   Will Blozan
  Nov 06, 2006 14:27 PST 

Holy fir! Is that an ENTS height record? Do you think the other one is
taller?

Will
Re: Elders Grove-Paul Smiths   Howard Stoner
  Nov 06, 2006 14:37 PST 

Don't know about the record.   The other one was measured in 2003 at 89
ft 4.1 cbh.

Howard

Re: Elders Grove-Paul Smiths   djluth-@pennswoods.net
  Nov 07, 2006 06:51 PST 
Howard,

Nice balsam fir!!! I believe that's the tallest known in the NE!

I was on White Pine Rd near Sugarbush back on 10/15/05. Regretably, I couldn't
find the Elder's Grove with the limited time I had. Where is the Elders Grove
from White Pine Rd?

Here's my list of measurements to possibly add to your current tally of the
area:

Species       CBH   Height
Am. larch     7.5   83.2
balsam fir    4.3   89.6
balsam fir    N/A   79.8
balsam fir    N/A   75.6
E. white pine 10.5 122.9
red spruce    5.5   87.2
red spruce    5.7   90

Dale