Beth, I am looking forward to your explorations of the corridor. In much of the United States, especially eastern US (Missouri counts), the landscape has been altered greatly by people. We do not have broad swaths of unspoiled forests. What we need to do is to look for the small gems among the heavily impacted areas. I hope you find some along the corridor. Some of the stuff about the Shaw Nature Reserve looks promising.
Ed Join the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community at: http://primalforests.ning.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Beth To: ENTSTrees Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:35 AM Subject: [ENTS] Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor ENTS, As I was moving from my apartment in Kirkwood Missouri (near the intersection of I-44 and I-270) to my house near Grey Summit Missouri (24 miles farther west on I-44) I noticed signs saying Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor. I knew that Henry Shaw founded the Missouri Botanical Gardens and that he bought the ground that is now known as the Henry Shaw Nature Reserve so I wondered what the connection might be. As it turns out this was named after him and ends at the Henry Shaw Reserve in the west. The Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor is a foundation (www.hsoc.org) that is trying to preserve the natural areas along the 24 miles stretch of I-44 from I-270 to Hwy 100 along with trying to promote “sustainable economic and community activity”. They have divided the area into seven different areas, Ozark panorama, terraces, Meramec bottoms, Antire hills, Fox Creek passageway, Pacific palisades and dolomite plateau (http://www.hsoc.org/documents/ HSOC_Map-2007.pdf.) Each area has its parks/reservation/conservation area. I have not stopped at each of the seven areas let alone have photos to share. I know, I know 50 lashes with a wet noodle. I will try to make it a point to try and visit each of the parks and take photos to share. I do not think that I will be finding any trees of any size since this whole area was extensively logged to build the railways west. Beth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
