tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post2377672674858710952..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Pricing Carbon at Wesleyan U - and the Mournful Tale of a Forlorn, Rejected FoxGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-74377811012747911762011-06-07T07:36:50.426-04:002011-06-07T07:36:50.426-04:00Tennessee J, that picture hit me like a violent de...Tennessee J, that picture hit me like a violent death in the family.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-23293532832983101392011-06-07T02:45:02.896-04:002011-06-07T02:45:02.896-04:00Dear John Wesley:
The trees you spoke about in fr...Dear John Wesley:<br /><br />The trees you spoke about in front of West College are indeed gone. See for yourself.<br /><br />http://oi56.tinypic.com/29mlo8z.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-36075758071330191332010-11-24T15:11:57.170-05:002010-11-24T15:11:57.170-05:00It would seem that this is an excellent time for a...It would seem that this is an excellent time for a young person to be studying botany and the other plant sciences. <br /><br />Twenty years ago I thought that with climate change, non-predictability, and disruption on the horizon it would be a good idea to plant everything, everywhere. Something would grow no matter what happens (up to a point!) Invasive species would seem to be superior to bare earth. Not everyone would agree. But I'd rather be in a field of kudzu than a barren desert.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-21318394697789236752010-11-24T11:38:16.916-05:002010-11-24T11:38:16.916-05:00Thank you for your comment JohnWesley! I don'...Thank you for your comment JohnWesley! I don't know about the honey locusts at Wesleyan but around here they are in the "worst" column. Leaves started falling off in July and by mid-September there were few left, unfortunately.<br /><br />On the other hand, I would hate to think children climbing on tree branches would harm them. When they are healthy they are very strong - they evolved with animals like mountain lions and bears climbing in them after all!<br /><br />here's a cute video of bears in trees (very thin trees).<br /><br />http://www.newslook.com/videos/262844-bears-in-tree-delight-dismay-neighbors?autoplay=trueGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-78285634508269851002010-11-24T10:31:47.950-05:002010-11-24T10:31:47.950-05:00The tree situation in the northeast is indeed haor...The tree situation in the northeast is indeed haorrowing. First, there was the dutch elm epidemic of some forty years ago. If you think the scene at Wesleyan is heartbreaking now, you should have been around in the late sixties as the canopy that covered both sides of High Street (that street just beyond the fraternity you photographed) slowly disappeared with each severed trunk.<br /><br />Most of the elms on campus have been replaced by honey locusts, chosen for the similarity of their bell-shaped crowns to that of their predecessor's. It's interesting that none of them (that I could see) were among your photo-log "victims" because they really have been the replacement tree of choice at Wesleyan for nearly a half-century, now.<br /><br />Of course, I believe in saving as many of the older, native trees as possible rather than seeing them replaced. That huge sycamore adjacent to the Center for the Arts studio arts courtyard has been an iconic feature of those limestone monoliths since the center's construction in 1973 and would be a huge loss.<br /><br />The same with the stand of beech trees in front of West College. My biggest fear is that generations of kids climbing their wide, welcoming branches have contributed to their toll. Successive winter ice storms and at least one tornado (last September) may have been additional stressors.johnwesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-29261283503243245872010-11-23T18:09:48.337-05:002010-11-23T18:09:48.337-05:00Oh Gail !!
Superb trip report... don't you kn...Oh Gail !!<br /><br />Superb trip report... don't you know that Wesleyan is the epitome of the split personality - both very conservative - old New England, religious fundamentalism - and yet very open, tolerant and even nurturing to radical new ideas. <br /><br />It really boggles the mind if you let it. You are way above it. Thanks for all that you do.richard Paulinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-8204381263597498962010-11-23T08:19:12.279-05:002010-11-23T08:19:12.279-05:00Coming soon to a pine forest near you:
http://www...Coming soon to a pine forest near you:<br /><br />http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NJ-Pine-Forests-Facing-Deadly-Enemy-106639513.html<br /><br />Oh hell and high watercatman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.com