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[marilyn.monroe]

It seems the storied homeland of Robin Hood is disappearing.
What is lost are the great ancient oaks. They are so incredible!
Are you a fan of Robin Hood? How do you feel about the loss of these ancient oaks?
What about trees in general, like the great Redwoods of California?

Sherwood Forest Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_re_eu/shrinking_sherwood;_ylt=AiOaUzO1i8o6lSDyXy4VKg8DW7oF

[zard0z]

That is a shame to hear that it has dwindled so much...I hope that they take what action they can to save what is left and help rebuilt it for the future...

 

I have always loved to get myself lost in the woods up north(not really lost, but you know what I mean)...We do need to work harder to help preserve what natural nature habitats are left in the world before they all become subdivisions...

[marilyn.monroe]

That is a shame to hear that it has dwindled so much...I hope that they take what action they can to save what is left and help rebuilt it for the future...

 

I have always loved to get myself lost in the woods up north(not really lost, but you know what I mean)...We do need to work harder to help preserve what natural nature habitats are left in the world before they all become subdivisions...

I love goin' up north too!

[the nosh]

i wonder what little john thinks of it all.

[Chips]

i wonder what little john thinks of it all.

Forget Little John,
How about Maid Marion?

[livewire]

Ancient, virgin forests should be preserved, in my opinion - it doesn't matter where they are.  The Hartwick Pines area near Grayling has some virgin trees in it, and they are very impressive.  The number of trees, and the acres of forest in Michigan are higher now than they were 100 years ago, believe it or not.  Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Michigan was scalped - almost nothing was spared.  Forest management was not on anyone's mind at the time.  Since then, millions of trees have been planted to replace those trees.  Those huge trees were used to build parts of Detroit and Chicago.  Anyone that works in older buildings will commonly see slabs of wood over 20 inches wide.  Try to find a board that wide in Home Depot!

There is absolutely no reason to cut down any ancient trees for wood.  Other fast-growing trees are readily available for that purpose.  They are planted just like any other crop, and eventually harvested.  I once owned some poroperty near Grayling, and there were some HUGE pine trees on my land.  When a storm took one down, I cut it up and counted the rings.  It was over 150 years old (a youngster), and there were dozens more that were much older on my land.  I always treasured those trees.

[zard0z]

The number of trees, and the acres of forest in Michigan are higher now than they were 100 years ago, believe it or not.

That is probably the best news I've heard in a while...Cool...

[marilyn.monroe]

Ancient, virgin forests should be preserved, in my opinion - it doesn't matter where they are.  The Hartwick Pines area near Grayling has some virgin trees in it, and they are very impressive.  The number of trees, and the acres of forest in Michigan are higher now than they were 100 years ago, believe it or not.  Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Michigan was scalped - almost nothing was spared.  Forest management was not on anyone's mind at the time.  Since then, millions of trees have been planted to replace those trees.  Those huge trees were used to build parts of Detroit and Chicago.  Anyone that works in older buildings will commonly see slabs of wood over 20 inches wide.  Try to find a board that wide in Home Depot!

There is absolutely no reason to cut down any ancient trees for wood.  Other fast-growing trees are readily available for that purpose.  They are planted just like any other crop, and eventually harvested.  I once owned some poroperty near Grayling, and there were some HUGE pine trees on my land.  When a storm took one down, I cut it up and counted the rings.  It was over 150 years old (a youngster), and there were dozens more that were much older on my land.  I always treasured those trees.

That's great about those trees in Michigan, thanks for sharing!
I got a little history book about when Michigan was clear cut, kind of hard to imagine now. Think I'll dig it out and look it over again.

[Normal Joe]

Does this mean that the robins will be homeless now?

Boy...that's for the birds...