A real nice forester came out to measure the Big Ash I have been writing about. He was quite amazed by it. There is actually two seperate trunks that ended up growing together to form a single trunk in one section, he never saw that before. It turns out this most likely is the largest Ash ever measured in the state of PA it what they call the Champion Trees. It is over 120 feet tall, it has a total crown of 128 feet (that is almost 40 yards) and he estimated the total cords at 7 and a half cords. He will be sending the board feet as well. The unfortunate thing is that it will only get an honorable mention as it is almost dead from the Ash Borer. I guess I should have registered it a few years ago. We were talking about Copicing that Billy had wrote about in my other thread and he agread that it probably arose from a stump and had ideal growing conditions and all of the new trunks were able to thrive.
I also mentioned to him that I had several other monster speicies. While the Oak and Cherry are huge they are not records but the Sassafrass may actually be. He never saw a Sassafrass over 12 inches in diameter and I showed him one that was 26 inches. We will see how that measures up.
He also explained how PA has several programs to help manage the forest and the state will actually help pay to manage it. Including food plots, harvesting timber, setting up an Orchard, etc. I have to actually register my land as a farm and I would be considered a new farmer. Found out a lot of information I never knew before.
I also mentioned to him that I had several other monster speicies. While the Oak and Cherry are huge they are not records but the Sassafrass may actually be. He never saw a Sassafrass over 12 inches in diameter and I showed him one that was 26 inches. We will see how that measures up.
He also explained how PA has several programs to help manage the forest and the state will actually help pay to manage it. Including food plots, harvesting timber, setting up an Orchard, etc. I have to actually register my land as a farm and I would be considered a new farmer. Found out a lot of information I never knew before.