Thanks for posting! Just watched some of this video while I had my coffee. Can’t wait to finish it later. Really neat to think about how historically significant the EWP was for so many. That YouTube channel has some great looking videos. Can’t wait to check them out.
I will have to watch this through. It is very interesting. Our coastline was of interest to Captain Vancouver for the Douglas Fir trees. He rebuilt a couple of ships here on his journeys. Again it would have been cheaper to build ships here than ship the wood back to England. The little town that campinspecter grew up in, started with a Japanese sawmill making boxes to send salted fish back to Japan.
Very interesting. Alas, almost the entire state of Michigan was clear cut. Most was white pine, but the lumber barrons took almost everything. We do have a beautiful state park named Hartwick Pines that has over 9,500 acres that was not clearcut. A must see for anyone visiting. There used to be a single tree there named the "Monarch". It was said to be large enough to supply lumber for a 4 room house at that time. The attached picture was taken during our visit there a few years ago. The sign I am standing by says "The Monarch has fallen". According to the state park, the tree died from extreamly heavy foot traffic over the years that trampled and compacted the ground around the trees root lines making it die a slow death. Not much left of that tree as you can see. Ironically, my brothers and me had visited that park in 1972. At that time the tree was still healthy.
And Done... Amazing that there was no mention of the white pine weevil and it’s impact on the growth of white pine. Trees that used to continue to grow in excess of 200 feet tall are now stunted by the weevil’s attack on the tree’s leader that is exposed to full sun.
Yes Stuckinthemuk, insect damage over and over again to be sure, but one has to remember the time frame. Thousands no millions of healthy pine sent down the rivers.
I just watch this video a couple nights ago. Very well done. That group (New England Forests) puts out good stuff on YouTube.
That they do. The two part series: Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, was really interesting in so many ways. And another I had posted a while back about all the various Birch's. I'll take this stuff over corporate television any day.
I could've sworn there was, a very brief mention of stunted growth from the weevil but maybe it was something else. There is a short video about the weevil itself on their channel. I was surprised there was no mention of the Pine Bark Borer that has been doing so much damage here but the video just wasn't about that.
I watched part 2 last night (Still need to watch part 1). What a cool segment! Vernon VT is a two towns south of our VT place. Really neat history he gave of the woods there. I'm impressed with how much you can tell by just reading some of the landscape.
