Jim Erdman is hoping to lead a spring nature walk on forest ecology and fire history, if he can enlist his U.S. Forest Service colleague, Laurie Huckaby to visit GVM. Her most recent analysis is of a tree Jim showed Wynne and the rest of us on our Nov 1, 2008 nature walk, see photo. Laurie agreed with Jim that this tree may be at least 400-500 years old (click “more…”for details). Continue reading Possible Spring Nature Walk
Jim Erdman led an informative nature walk November 1, 2008, from 9-11am. We met at his house for an introduction to Colorado forest history. Jim set up a demonstration in his driveway, cleverly using his truck as a prop: the side door was used to display a poster on Colorado’s oldest trees and the truck bed held a dissecting scope, tree-ring cores, and trunk cross sections. Next we then set off on a hike to look at several sites Jim had selected. See photos below. Thanks Jim!
Meet at 453 Haystack Drive this Saturday 11/01/08 at 9:00am to learn about the history of our area through tree rings, burn scars and artifacts. I’ve put in photos from a tree-ring website Jim recommended http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/gallery.htm.
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Glacier View Meadows Ecology 