I was in the Otter Creek Wilderness two years ago. Before I left for that trip, I got in touch with the Forest Service and asked specifically if there was any old growth patches in there and, if so, how to find them. I was told that there was no old growth remaining, that it had all been logged out and that the entire wilderness was second growth except--perhaps--for some remnant trees.
I've encountered this problem with almost every park and forest service with whom I've communicated. Either the rangers/foresters actually don't know jack about the areas over which they're in charge, or they don't want "outsiders" mucking about in their old growth forests. Alas! This is especially irksome, because I don't know when I'll ever get back to the Otter Creek Wilderness. Nice photos on Smugmug! Even if I do have to turn off my firewall to look at that website. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
