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  1. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    I think that he is doing canopy research on some extraordinary trees. Something which researchers are doing worldwide and have been doing for decades. To consider that he is a pioneer 'scientifically' due to his observations of the redwood and giant sequioa may be true, but certainly there have...
  2. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    I'm glad he can so humbly challenge our profession to be professional. Thanks, Sillett...my contempt grows!
  3. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    It will be interesting to be in a forest or a place where tree climbing can be prevented. I've never run into that during a rec climb, anywhere in Canada. Be it a National, Provincial or a city park. I remember lending that Wild Trees book to my old boss and mentor. He put it down after the...
  4. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    Well...why haven't you written a book about saving the world yet, B? You're retired now...and I'd buy it ;) I'd like to know about those programs...got any literature on it?
  5. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    For sure, Gerry. I don't think this Milarch cat ever really got down to the forest science, he just likes to think that preserving the genes of the champions will allow us to one day understand what precisely allows them to grow so large for so long. Which is not to say that the genes in the...
  6. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    Dear lord where do I sign up for that!?!? That would be my dream job, right there. Difference with these cats is that they use cuttings, and then clone the trees. Seeds can sometimes carry a 100% copy of the parent plant, depending on the varied gender of the tree, but cuttings are for sure...
  7. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    Cool. This cat started the Champion Tree project, collecting cuttings from the champion tree register's list and then cloning them.
  8. canadiantreeman

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save th

    The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet A great book if anyone has the time, or inclination. Here is David Milarch's Tedx Talk... <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3DsHHfu4_co?feature=player_detailpage"...
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