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Wednesday, April 7. 2021

The story of Northeastern forests

 The tree-hugger lady at the end is absurd, but otherwise interesting.


Posted by The Barrister at 17:01 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Tom Wessels, the guy with the white beard, is a fascinating forensic analyst when looking at old forests. He has a few videos on the net and they are also well worth watching. Old growth timber forests are almost nonexistent now in New England, but there were still some pristine areas in Maine when I was growing up there. Great video, thanks.
#1 Aggie on 2021-04-07 18:45 (Reply)
One of the interesting tidbits was several of the presenters acknowledging that many 'old growth' areas were missed in the past because prevailing model of 'old growth forest' was in error.
#2 Christopher B on 2021-04-08 07:38 (Reply)
That video was classic tree-hugger propaganda. "Old Growth" forests just aren't healthy; Forests need the hand of man to tend them. I live not far from the Cradle of Forestry in America where good forest management practices were first employed.
#3 snopercod on 2021-04-08 08:26 (Reply)
The Indians would regularly burn all the underbrush every Spring and Fall. It was possible to drive a coach and four through the woods when the Europeans arrived.
#3.1 Paul in Boston on 2021-04-08 10:20 (Reply)
Great video.
#4 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-04-08 10:15 (Reply)
Excellent video.
I've long thought that much of what we today call "forests", are actually tree farms, especially those with long rows of equally spaced, equally aged, trees. After all we don't call a wheat field a "prairie".
#5 Mark on 2021-04-08 13:13 (Reply)

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