Letters.MORE ON BIG TREES editor: In regards to your Spring issue of the National Register of Big Trees The National Register of Big Trees is a list of the largest living specimens of each tree variety found in the continental United States. A tree on this list is often called a National Champion Tree. 2002-2003, you have listed on page 19, [under] American Chestnut (Castenee denteta), a tree in Carson, Washington Carson is a small unincorporated town in southwest Washington within Skamania County in the USA. Carson is located just north of the Columbia River near the towns of Stevenson, Bingen and White Salmon in Washington and Cascade Locks and Hood River in Oregon and just south of . This tree has been examined by Dr. Fred Hebard, the American Chestnut Foundation's staff pathologist, using leaves as the critical factor in determining authenticity. Enclosed are data supporting the determination of the tree to be a European chestnut. William Behuniak Kingston, New York Kingston is a city in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is 91 miles (146 km) north of New York City and 50 miles (0 km) south of Albany along the Hudson River. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : We have forwarded Mr. Behuniak's information on to our Big Tree Coordinator for Washington. If accurate, the tree will be dethroned. Deborah Gangloff: I got the new magazine issue today, and it is great! I am very much looking forward to the new series on public television with Jeff Meyer Jeffrey A. Meyer is an Associate Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, CT. Jeffrey Meyer began teaching at Quinnipiac Law School as an Associate Professor of Law in January 2006, following many years of legal practice experience. . As much as it will bring a lot of history to viewers everywhere, there is nothing like being there--which I intend to do as much as possible. Keep up the good work. Bart Tolbert Via e-mail editor: I have just read the fantastic article: "Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens (Spring 2002). Wow--what a superb story and excellent photographs. Y'all done Texas proud! Thanks! James B. Hull State Forester College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San DON'T CUT THAT TREE Tree Doctor: You have probably gotten this response before, but I hope that the next time you are asked about the use of wood from a live tree that produces too much fruit you will suggest alternatives to removal. Florel, and other available products, prevent the formation of fruit while allowing the tree to continue providing the multiple benefits that trees are good for. This IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. solution is what AMERICAN FORESTS advocates on a dally basis in other circumstances. Radical surgery is not necessarily the answer to itchy itch·y adj. Having or causing an itching sensation. skin and might not be the answer to nuisance plants. Todd M. Bolton Manager, Natural Resource Protection, Fairfax Co. Park Authority Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. AN ERROR IN HISTORY editor: Re: Saratoga Black Locust black locust: see locust. , page 26, in your American Forests' Historic Tree Nursery catalogue, we find an outstanding error. It was the British who were low on supplies and were forced to surrender to the colonists on October 17, 1777 ... not the other way around. Our history cannot be changed once it occurs. Only ignorance and attitudes can change which perpetuates falsehoods. We must keep our American history truthful. Thank you for letting me clear up this example of revisionist history Revisionist history carries both positive and negative connotations. Each has its own entry.
Sanford Shelton Equinunk, Pennsylvania WILDFIRE CONTRADICTIONS? editor: Your article, "Beyond the Fireline" (Spring 2002) appears to contradict the technical paper, "Effects of Fuels Treatment on Wildfire Severity," Philip N. Omi, PhD, and Erik J. Martinson, Research Associate, Western Forest Fire Research Center, Colorado State University, submitted to the Joint Fire Science Program Governing Board, March 25, 2002. George Duda Via e-mail RELEAF FOR WILDFIRES Dehorah Gangloff: This letter is to express my appreciation to AMERICAN FORESTS for providing funding for a tree planting project on state trust lands managed by the Montana DNRC DNRC Department of Natural Resources and Conservation DNRC Dogbert's New Ruling Class DNRC Domain Name Rights Coalition DNRC Deferred Non-Recurring Charges . Last week, our foresters and contractors planted 12,700 pine seedlings on land burned by the Blodgett Canyon Fire in 2000. The toll of 2000 wildfires is still being measured, but the true extent of the impacts of that summer on the natural resources--and the communities that rely on them-may never be fully known. What is known is that Nature is resilient and, with a little help from us, the forest is returning to reclaim Montana's blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. landscape. AMERICAN FORESTS is truly about action. Please accept my gratitutde for the contributions your organization has made to our tree planting project this spring, and extend my thanks to your staff, corporate sponsors, and the private individuals whose financial support made the project possible. We are eager to partner with you again in the future. Donald K. Artley Forestry Division Administrator, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation PRUNE AFTER FROST DAMAGE? Tree Doctor: I have n couple of 12-foot maples that were hit by a late frost when buds were about to pop. Now the top 2/3 of the trees have no leaves at all, although the bottoms are normal. Should I prune back the bare top branches to stimulate growth? Jeff Behm Skillman, New Jersey Skillman is an unincorporated area within Montgomery Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08558. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08558 was 5,202. Generally, trees hit by late frosts do not suffer much permanent damage, and red maples are particularly sturdy fellows. It would take an extremely hard frost to kill back the branches to any extent, though the leaf buds would be more easily damaged. Give them until the first of July. The trees may yet produce leaves from the branches that were not killed. Then, if you're certain the branches are dead, prune them back to the first evidence of life. Apply a little extra fertilizer under the "drip line" of the crown, as forming new buds and growth will take an extra effort. HOW OLD IS THAT TREE? Tree Doctor: I have an old Lombardy black poplar tree in my yard. I measured the trunk and it is 161 inches or 13 feet 5 inches. Is there a way to tell how old the tree is? My 82-year-old next-door neighbor has lived here all her life and she remembers the poplar being as big as it is now. Kera Szwed Mokena, Illinois There is no way to tell the age of a tree without counting the annual rings, but exposing the annual rings is usually fatal. A forester could take an "increment boring" of the outer few inches and extract a core to count the rings and get the years of growth for that portion of the trunk. But that can't be considered standard for the life of the tree; most grow much faster--with much wider annual rings--when young. Maybe it's best to just call it "very old," or "well over 100 years old. "I believe you live in an area of very fertile soils. Very fast early growth on a poplar species would be expected, but to say exactly how fast it grew in its early years would be pure conjecture. Send Comments to Letters to the Editor, American Forests. P0 Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013 or e-mail us at mrobbins@amfor.org. American Forests reserves the right to edit letters for space or content purposes. |
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