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Re: TT: RE: Fall color ...

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dstaples wrote:
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> RTEllsberry wrote:
> >  We have signed on several new members to the list following some
> >  announcements on a handful of kindred newsgroups (TreeTown is a
> >  mailing list, a newsgroup looks like 'rec.animals.wildlife').  It's
> >  probably a good time now to ask for member introductions, which is
> >  always an interesting read.  I encourage our reporters to speak in
> >  your own language about what is important to yourself about your own
> >  local forest.  Please don't worry about sounding too much like either
> >  an expert or a novice.  Experience has shown that ordinary folks
> >  seeking real-world advice on tree stewardship has generated much of
> >  our best correspondences (including the 'fall colors' cited above).
> >
> >  In life there are no simple questions, and even less simple answers.
> >  Perhaps someone could tell us about caring for trees in the winter,
> >  about providing water when the ground freezes.  Most experts will
> >  caution you against fertilizing trees at this time (in the northern
> >  hemisphere), for one example ...
> >
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> In response to your first comment about new members.  May I introduce
> myself.  I am a consulting forester in Texas, worked here 30 years.
> Having a fairly well based knowledge on southern timber, forests and
> forestry.  I would be more than happy to give my opinion or knowledge
> (which ever covers the ground) in response to questions from your
> members.  I am one of the old breed with new ideas. Not an
> environmentalist, but well based in the ecology of a healthy forest.
> Nature leads, occaisionally I am smart enough to follow.
> Don Staples
> UIN 4653335
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> My Ego Stroke:  http://livingston.net/dstaples/
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I've been a City Forester for 15 years and currently work for Lansing
Mi.  Last week a very wet snow fell and stuck to the leaves. The result
was 15000 broken trees along streets and many more privetly owned trees.
zDon't plant Norway maple!!!


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