| RE:
Tsuga Search introduction |
Robert
Leverett |
| May
17, 2006 12:33 PDT |
ENTS,
What Will has revealed to the members of the
list in his inspiring
e-mail is a planned project that represents ENTS at its best. We
can be
justly proud that the GSMNP recognizes, through Will Blozan, the
singular expertise of ENTS to search out, climb, measure, study,
and
treat the greatest of our surviving hemlocks before it is too
late. With
Will at the helm, ENTS is presently THE only organization that
can
efficiently do the job. Nobody has done more than Will Blozan
and the
science staff of the GSMNP recognizes and values Will's
contribution.
The NPS has some great employess who are doing everything from
inside
that they can do, but they recognize that they need the help of
ENTS.
As it stands now, FMTSF will act as the fiscal
agent through which
ENTS will function in partnership with the GSMNP. Appalachian
Arborists
Inc. will do the actual on-site work.
Folks, this may well be our proudest moment.
Let history record that
Will Blozan is been the man of the hour. Without his concern for
and
unparalleled dedication to the survival of the great hemlocks of
the
southern Appalachians, one by one, we'd be watching every single
great
hemlock succumb to the adelgid, waiting on the beetles to become
effective.
I hope the Forest Service will wake up and
follow the lead of the
National Park Service. There are great hemlocks in the
Chattaoochee,
Sumter, Nantahala, Pisgah, and Cherokee NFs that need help.
Bob
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