The Lost Forests of New England - Eastern Old Growth

[Quixote1818]

[ret5hd]

1. Thank you.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

2. Thank you, I enjoyed the presentation.

Just came home from a "Forest Unlimited" fundraising dinner to see this. Didn't know the East Coast had old growth. Too bad they didn't say more about the American Chestnut which was one quarter of this East Coast forest.

[Quixote1818]

7. That was one of the things I was trying to figure out

What were the primary tree species 300 years ago before the Europeans jacked everything up.

[Canoe52]

3. Wow, we just watched it, really enjoyed it!

[mahina]

4. How did you come upon this?

It’s very interesting.

[Quixote1818]

5. I am a Geographer and am visiting New England right now

Have for years been interested in seeking out old growth forests. I look for them on maps and try to hike to them. Since I was up here in Massachusetts I did some internet searching to find where the old growth forests are. Mostly read articles but then stumbled upon this video which is quite comprehensive and well done. Seemed like something a lot of folks on DU would find interesting.

[Quixote1818]

6. By the way, here is a link that lists many of them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_old-growth_forests

[markpkessinger]

8. Believe it or not . . .

. . . there is a stand of old growth forest in, of all places, the island of Manhattan in NYC! It's in Inwood Hill Park, which is at the northern end of the island.

https://untappedcities.com/2016/11/18/top-10-secrets-of-inwood-hill-park-nyc/2/

[Quixote1818]

9. Thanks for the info

Will have to look for it the next time I am in NYC