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Dear Charles,
I had never heard that walking near the giant
redwoods was detrimental - I will stop at the ranger station on my way out
tomorrow and ask them about that - also I have a lady working for me who works
for a Plant Biologist for the state and I will check with her as well. If
that is indeed true you would think the forest service would have
fences around the base of the trees - a few they do but most they
don't.
Linda Starr
Springville Gardens
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From:
c*@charter.net
To: m*@ocsnet.net ; m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:11
PM
Subject: Re: Sequoiadendron gigantium -
little known groves?
I think it is probably important to warn visitors to these
marvelous giants. I understand that the easiest way to damage these trees is
to walk close to them. Apparently they have a shallow root system. While this
is difficult to believe, it is said that you should not walk up to the tree.
You should stay a rather considerable distance away, at least twenty feet,
probably more. I hope somebody on the list that knows the details a bit better
than I do will inform us. Don't let our adulation and awe of these tremendous
trees be one of the causes of their demise.
---Chas---
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Dec 02, 2004, at 9:54 AM, Linda Starr wrote:
Hello,
We
thought we had gone to all the giant redwood groves in California till
we moved to Springville. We visited several groves last weekend
just above town - and we were again amazed and in awe. The
wonderful thing about our day trip up to the "big trees" last
weekend was that literally no one was up there - possibly because of
Thanksgiving weekend. I have included a USFS site for those wanting to
visit any of these big tree locations.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recreation/giant_sequoia_groves.html
There are several other groves we want to visit in the future from this
list, including one on private land. It was really a pleasure to be
able to walk around these trees without all the crowds some of the big
tree parks have.
Some
of these groves have been closed temporarily to the public due to a large
fire we had this summer that came within a mile or so of several groves, so
call the USFS station before taking a trip. Thankfully the fire was
contained just short of the area. Also this time of year some
parks can be closed due to snow.
I
can't wait to take another trip up there - it was so quiet up there - it
gave me the feeling of being the only person on earth standing among those
giants.
Linda
Starr
Springville
Gardens
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