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The Eastern Native
Tree Society
(ENTS) is a
cyberspace interest group devoted to the documentation and
celebration of trees and forests of the eastern North America
and around the world, through art, poetry, music, mythology,
science, medicine, wood crafts, and collecting research data for
a variety of purposes. ENTS is the premiere tree measuring group
of the eastern forest. ENTS is a discussion forum for people who
view trees and forests not just as a crop to be harvested, but
also as something of value in their own right. Membership is
open to anyone with an interest in trees living anywhere in the
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NTS Homepage
NTS Quick Index
NTS Search and Translation Page:
About NTS/ENTS:
Full Site Index:
Google Archive of Older Posts:
Contact Information:
Robert Leverett, ENTS
cofounder dbhguru@comcast.net
Will Blozan, ENTS President
tree_hunter@bellsouth.net
For questions or comments regarding this site email:
Edward Frank, Webmaster
edfrank@nativetreesociety.org
Donations
to the Native Tree Society may be made to our parent
organization the Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest - a 501(c)
non-profit organization.
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
106 Morningside Drive
Florence, MA 01062
Copyright
information
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photo by Time Zelazo, Eastern Summit MTSF, MA
The Eastern Native
Tree Society was originally established to accurately measure and record
the tallest trees, historical trees, and ancient forests of Eastern
North America. Eastern North America has been graced with forests of
fantastic beauty and diversity. These forests have been heavily impacted
by development, disease and human utilization. This unfortunate history
has diverted our attention from the remarkably huge and ancient forests
which have survived this catastrophe. Even today we are finding the
largest and oldest trees ever recorded for some native species. The
tallest white pine ever accurately recorded was recently documented in
the Cataloochee district of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The
oldest trees ever recorded in eastern North America have been recently
discovered along the Black River, in eastern North Carolina. ENTS
will store data on accurately measured trees for historical
documentation purposes, scientific research, provide an archive for
information on specific trees and stands of trees, and to resolve
big tree disputes.
In July of 2011 the overall organization changed its' name to
the Native Tree Society to reflect a broader geographic membership and
was restructured to reflect this organizational change. The
organization has two formal chapters: the Western Native Tree
Society for those people in western North America, and the Eastern
Native Tree Society covering the eastern United States and Canada.
Members from elsewhere in the world are considered to be members at
large to the NTS. Official membership in NTS is obtained by
joining the NTS BBS at
http://www.ents-bbs.org The single BBS Forum is for all all members of
the Native Tree Society and any member may post in any forum
regardless of their geographic location. We hope to
establish ties with tree interest groups in other countries and to share
our passion for trees and to promote the usage of our measurement
standards and scientific goals in these areas.
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Measurement Discussions
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Tree
Measuring Guidelines of the Eastern Native Tree Society;
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ENTS publishes a formal Journal - The Bulletin of the Eastern Native
Tree Society - two to four times annually;
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ENTS members provide reports on field trips made to forests found in
the United States, Canada, and from other locations around the
world;
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Trees Database The
Trees Database is an experimental project by Steve and Mitch
Galehouse, with utilization by the Eastern Native Tree Society in
mind. This site allows you to review, search, sort, add, and
download information concerning native(and exotic) tree species,
including height, girth dimension, geographic location, and site
specifics. The intent is to include as many tree species from as
many locations as possible to make it possible to compare tree
species' size potentials across their native ranges.
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ENTS conducted the first detailed mapping of the branch and trunk
structure and volume measurements for the largest Eastern trees,
including -
The Middleton Oak and Sag Branch Tulip, The
Tsuga Search Project documented the largest living Eastern
Hemlocks in existence before they fell prey to the invasive Hemlock
Woolly Adelgid and died; The
Live Oak Project is documenting the Live Oaks of the southern
United States, The
American
Chestnut Project is documenting the surviving remnants of the
once great America Chestnut after the species was devastated by
blight in the 1920'2 and 30's; the
Aesthetics Project is trying to define what makes trees and
forests special, and we are involved in a host of other research
projects;
On March 14, 2010 the Eastern Native Tree Society and Western Native
Tree Society switched from discussion lists on Google Groups to a
new discussion list in a Bulletin Board format at:
http://www.ents-bbs.org/index.php
Posts made since the inception of the BBS on March 14, 2010 will be
sorted and archived on the BBS. Click on the link to go to the
equivalent section on the new BBS. This website will continue to
serve as a front end for the ENTS and WNTS groups. It will continue
to serve as a repository of older posts, and will serve as the host
site for special projects and features that are not well suited for
a BBS format. Please visit the BBS for the latest information and
trip reports.
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