West Coat Posting

West Coat Posting

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Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 8:26 pm
From: Frank Blau

Ad Ed's suggestion, even though I am in Western Washington, I have
joined this interesting and helpful group!

Are there any other westerners on here?

I am interested in learning more about doing Urban and Suburban tree
surveys. I have the right equipment, and I have a great park adjacent
to our house to start in. It has mostly Douglas Firs and some Red
Cedar trees.

The area was logged in the 1930's, so no real old growth here, but I
have found some of the older trees in this park... a beautiful 160'
tall Dougas fir with a 38.2" DBH trunk sits about 40' from where I am
writing this! An adjacent DF fell in a windstorm last year and after
they cut it up I was able to count the rings and give it an age of 72
years.

I know there are a lot older trees in my state, but I am currently
very interested in my local park. My motivation is partially to
preserve the trees that we do have, but also to be more aware of my
local surroundings and the ecosystems that we pass through ever day.

I look forward to sharing this journey with this group and to
hopefully meet some other local people engaged in similar pursuits!

Frank Blau
Sammamish, WA

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Date: Mon, Nov 10 2008 3:39 am
From: Kirk Johnson

> Are there any other westerners on here?

I live in PA, but lived in western WA for four years during the 90s -- Port
Angeles and Olympia. I love the region and the giant Douglas-firs, cedars,
and others to be found there. I even planted a Doug-fir in my yard here last
year. Good luck with the documentation project for your park in Sammamish!

Kirk Johnson

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