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TH: Re: Burning Questions
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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Hi everyone!
The town I live in, Fairfield OH, has just started a Community Forest
Commission. Unforunatly I am not a member since the process seems to be
highly politicised at the moment. Anyway the current town newsletter had a
very interesting writeup about the commission and a very neat statement
that I wanted to share with the group...
"By planning and caring for trees within the City limits, the residents are
starting a chain reaction of understory growth: shrubs, flowers, vines,
grasses, mosses and fungi. Some of these are planted by the residents,
others plant themselves. The food and cover provided by this diversity of
growth encourages the appearance of wildlife: birds, insects, some reptiles
and amphibians, and a surprising array of mammals. The soil, which forms
the basis for it all, and readily available water sources: a river, creeks,
ponds, fountains and even sprinklers make the urban forest a suprisingly
viable habitat." (Author Unknown)
A bit on the rosy side, but still a suprisingly (I detect an overuse of
this word) fresh statement. I have always wondered if a lot of foresters
could not see the forest for the trees (pun intended). This statement
makes me beleive that at least the article writer knows better. Now if
only I could convince them that not every understory plant contributes to a
healthy forest (avoid the aggressive exotics).
It's too bad the the councilman who started this commission is the same one
that I argued with over the building of a storm water detention basin that
wiped out a grove of mature woods behind our house. Howard and I don't
quite see eye to eye yet :-)
{:-)} http://w3.one.net/~markws - The Backyard Forest
markws@one.net (Mark W Stephens) - Cincinnati, OH Zone 5
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From: RT Ellsberry <flora@Flora.Com>
To: Community Forestry <Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com>
Date: Monday, June 02, 1997 8:53 PM
Subject: TH: Burning Questions ...
> Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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> Greenings Tree Folks -
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> After running this list for a couple years, I'm starting to
> run out of burning questions myself (of course new ones do
> keep coming to mind :) ...
>
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