I love this kind of information. Also off topic: My sister & I went for a hike in the Catamount Community Forest yesterday - the northwest corner - to see what it looks like now after the forestry project. I'd been following the project through emails from Catamount Outdoor Family Center & through your channel. It really does look a mess right now. If I didn't already know the purpose, I would think someone did a bad job. But because of your videos, I knew exactly what I was looking at. I explained it to my sister. We read all the little fact signs placed throughout the area. I've spent time in old growth forests & I hope in time, this part of the forest will be on its way to becoming one. I appreciate all the hard work & how well you brought me along with you on this project.
Wow -- I can't tell you how much this comment means to me! It's so amazing to hear that all this work has had an impact. Thanks so much for sharing! And for going on this journey with me -- let's hope there are many others that have a similar experience.
Did you write the signs in the Moose Poop/Cliffs of Insanity area? The content is very good. Even if someone doesn't watch your UA-cam channel, the signs do a good job of explaining why that area looks the way it does. More people will come when cross country skiing starts. My sister & I love that area for snowshoeing, but there are always more people on skis.
Good video! Off topic of this video but...we have beavers who moved in this year, I'm wondering what trees to take surrounding the area and which ones might survive wet feet. Black Cherry, hemlock, white pine, yellow birch, hard and soft maple are all around the area. New Aspens in a blow down area from 3 years ago seem to be their food source.
As far as flood-tolerance, yellow birch, hemlock and soft maple would be the most likely to survive having wet feet -- although if it's really flooded, all will eventually die. As far as beaver foraging goes, they prefer to eat the hardwoods and will generally avoid eating the softwoods -- although they will sometime girdle hemlocks, apparently just to kill them.
Please do more videos like this!
I love this kind of information. Also off topic: My sister & I went for a hike in the Catamount Community Forest yesterday - the northwest corner - to see what it looks like now after the forestry project. I'd been following the project through emails from Catamount Outdoor Family Center & through your channel. It really does look a mess right now. If I didn't already know the purpose, I would think someone did a bad job. But because of your videos, I knew exactly what I was looking at. I explained it to my sister. We read all the little fact signs placed throughout the area. I've spent time in old growth forests & I hope in time, this part of the forest will be on its way to becoming one. I appreciate all the hard work & how well you brought me along with you on this project.
Wow -- I can't tell you how much this comment means to me! It's so amazing to hear that all this work has had an impact. Thanks so much for sharing! And for going on this journey with me -- let's hope there are many others that have a similar experience.
Did you write the signs in the Moose Poop/Cliffs of Insanity area? The content is very good. Even if someone doesn't watch your UA-cam channel, the signs do a good job of explaining why that area looks the way it does. More people will come when cross country skiing starts. My sister & I love that area for snowshoeing, but there are always more people on skis.
@@jr1521 Yes -- I made all the signs
Good video! Off topic of this video but...we have beavers who moved in this year, I'm wondering what trees to take surrounding the area and which ones might survive wet feet. Black Cherry, hemlock, white pine, yellow birch, hard and soft maple are all around the area. New Aspens in a blow down area from 3 years ago seem to be their food source.
As far as flood-tolerance, yellow birch, hemlock and soft maple would be the most likely to survive having wet feet -- although if it's really flooded, all will eventually die. As far as beaver foraging goes, they prefer to eat the hardwoods and will generally avoid eating the softwoods -- although they will sometime girdle hemlocks, apparently just to kill them.