Will, I am in. Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon. Hopefully someone, Larry? will stay until Monday. I will not quite make it early enough for the climb of the record Loblolly on Friday. I have to pick my check up from work before departing for Congaree and will not make it there until around noon, maybe slightly later. But I will definitly want to see that huge Loblolly.
I volunteer to go with Marcus to find and measure new trees or previously known ones. James Parton On Feb 9, 8:10 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here is a tentative plan for the February trip to Congaree: > > Friday the 20th > > Dr. Robert Van Pelt, Jason Childs (Andrew Joslin?) and I plan to climb and > 3-D map/model the National Champion loblolly pine for various canopy > attributes and total displacement volume. This is almost without a doubt the > largest Pinus in the entire eastern US. Any one who would like to attend the > climb and assist with photography/video would be great. We will meet at the > new Visitor Center @ ~9:30 to 10am. > > After the climb, Stuart Greeter has invited the ENTS crew to his place for a > social which I think we should take him up on! Stuart is a ranger at > Congaree and is working on a "Big Tree" brochure. Man, we can get him some > of the best information available! Bring your photos and jump-drives. We can > coordinate the next day as well. > > Saturday the 21st > > Dr. Vic Shelburne, the SC Big Tree Coordinator will be leading a hike and > wants to include a tutorial on the ENTS method. The idea is to meet his > group at the VC or former SC State Champion loblolly pine to observe and > learn our techniques. Dr. Van Pelt and I plan to climb and model the > insanely gnarly tree for a canopy mapping and displacement volume. I > envision the climbing crew will meet ~8-8:30am at the VC. > > Meanwhile, I envision some of the other ENTS crew exploring new areas with > Marcus Houtchings or remeasuring current state champions. > > In the PM maybe we ENTS can convene at a restaurant for a meal or other > social activity to share findings. If we get to use the research dorm maybe > we can meet up there and cook a dinner. > > Sunday the 22nd > > I REALLY want to see the National Champion sweetgum and perhaps we can get > canoe access to get to the tree quickly. I would like to model the volume > with the reticle. A hunt for new giant loblollies would be great, too- the > plate is wide open! > > If the dorm is not available BVP and I will likely get a hotel so we have > power to do data entry in the evenings. I will send a list of hotels for > those interested and maybe we can get a "suite" of rooms cheap! > > I would like to get a full list of attendees and cell phone/contact info > (off-list). There is bound to be logistical changes and communication is a > must. Perhaps we can secure a small portion of a message board somewhere to > leave notes. > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
