I know of at least one cut cedar swamp that was fenced off to keep the deer out and allow the white cedar to re-grow. It is now so dense with growth that you can no longer see into the interior.
--- On Sun, 2/8/09, Mike Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike Leonard <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: old growth and wolves To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 1:28 PM Russ, Excellent article! So in order to get tree seedling regeneration you need to introduce the wolf or introduce hunting. This is a common problem all across the country especially in the east with the abundance of white tailed deer. I saw an experiment in Wells (Maine) National Estuarine Sanctuary where they fenced off areas to keep deer away and the result was half decent hardwood seedling regeneration whereas the unfenced areas were choked with invasive and non-native Japanese barberry. Another reason to shoot the deer! There was talk about introducing the wolf to Maine which didn’t please the locals. I remember when they tried to re-introduce caribou to Baxter State Park but unfortunately that noble experiment failed. Wolves may have already introduced themselves to Maine from Canada. I have only had a few landowners (from Bernardston and Warwick) in MA say they saw a wolf. But I’ve had at least15 landowners over the years tell me they’ve seen a mountain lion. Is it the supposedly extinct eastern cougar, migrants from the west, or as most state wildlife officials like to say “escaped pets”? Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] old growth and wolves ENTS: Seattle Times recently ran an interesting article on reintroducing wolves in Olympic NP to stem the damage to the old growth woods by elk. Russ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008667916_wolves25.html Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
