| Minnewaska
State Park: 500-year-old hemlock forest in hudson valley |
David
Yarrow |
| May
15, 2002 05:38 PDT |
april
13, 2002
on this wet, foggy day, ten members of the eastern new york old
growth survey team clambered over moss-cloaked talus boulders
into a ridgetop ravine. for five hours they saw not a single
sign of human disturbance. late in the afternoon they emerged
convinced they had discovered a pristine, untouched forest of
500-year-old hemlock, birch and maple. sadly, they also realized
in five more years this ancient forest will be gone, destroyed
by the wooly adelgid.
for photos and written report on this old growth forest, visit:
www.championtrees.org/NYOGFA/
then click the "sites & surveys" button
then click "minnewaska state park"
please take note that this site is fragile, and is not
accessible. to visit the site, contact either NYOGA or the park
manager.
David Yarrow
Turtle EyeLand Sanctuary
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