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On 7/22/2011 10:14 AM, Mary Macaulay wrote:
> At 10:53 PM 02/02/2005, Peter Hope wrote:
>
> I'll answer your question based upon some study I did in the big hemlock
> grove on Hemlocks and Hardwoods trail in Kejimkujik a few years ago. I
> initiated having the trail built in 1976 and laid out the route. A couple of
> years ago it was in real need of resurfacing with gravel. We did a bunch of
> studies, then wrote self-interpreting signs. Since I retired the work has
> been done with a lengthy stretch of boardwalk to keep people on the path and
> protect the trees - the soil around their roots was eroded and their roots
> were in the early stages of being debarked and worn. The problem was nipped
> in the bud.
* see
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/2010/09/hemlock-looking-up-oil-on-canvas-5-x-7.html
- magnificent trees.
fred.
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