I suspected you were in my part of the world. I think things are being decided in favor of those trees. Lots of effort went into the effort to preserve them. Fingers crossed it works.
Good to read about the different feelings of old growth and new growth forests and stands. Are the biggest oldest trees in ‘your’ woods mostly fir? Occasionally a larch? I love this time of year. Thanks for writing it.
Douglass fir, lodgepole, cedar, and quite a few larch up here. Further south out of this microclimate we have a ton of ponderosa, which tend to be in much drier forests. Glad you enjoyed reading, thanks!
We live in very similar pretty dry forests (I am in southeast B.C); many ponderosa, though without cedar in our particular valley (however, can find them and hemlock only 40 minutes north). Always amazing, the diversity.
Really great writing. I love the way you talked about the difference between old growth and new growth forests. Very interesting. Are the trees in “Wilderness” designated areas in the USA all old growth?
I suspected you were in my part of the world. I think things are being decided in favor of those trees. Lots of effort went into the effort to preserve them. Fingers crossed it works.
Good to read about the different feelings of old growth and new growth forests and stands. Are the biggest oldest trees in ‘your’ woods mostly fir? Occasionally a larch? I love this time of year. Thanks for writing it.
Douglass fir, lodgepole, cedar, and quite a few larch up here. Further south out of this microclimate we have a ton of ponderosa, which tend to be in much drier forests. Glad you enjoyed reading, thanks!
We live in very similar pretty dry forests (I am in southeast B.C); many ponderosa, though without cedar in our particular valley (however, can find them and hemlock only 40 minutes north). Always amazing, the diversity.
Well done - interesting, insightful, hopeful. Thanks!
Really great writing. I love the way you talked about the difference between old growth and new growth forests. Very interesting. Are the trees in “Wilderness” designated areas in the USA all old growth?