Rogues Gallery of ENTS Members  (Page 1)

"As a new member with no degrees, no formal forestry education except lots of seminars, 45 years in the woods, first as a logger (veneer and then sawlog and a little pulp in poor years, now in my 15th year as a specimen tree grower with growing operations in four states, I look to the professionals for hopefully good unbiased research, and to the amateur huggers for passion and fresh ideas. ENTS to me, spoke in many voices that was leavened with common caring for the fabric of the forest not the economics but the biological good and majesty of our trees. Without the forest this planet as we know it dies. Regardless of degrees or organizations, regardless of man's petty disputes of hierarchy, our forests need us (all of us) now more than ever, to hold the tide of man back, to corral and channel our disruptive and voracious appetite for timber with a longer term view than a 20 year plan for Loblolly. Walk softly, leave no trace, harvest responsibly using sustainable BMP's, and ENTS's mission of education and big tree celebration will be an enjoyable passion. Look to the value of the information provided and not the title from whence it came. Even babes can have wisdom. John Muir should speak to all of us.  - Ren,  March 19, 2008"

Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society, Executive Director Friends of Mohawk Trail SF, Adjunct Professor Holyoke Community College.

He and fellow ENTS co-founder Will Blozan pioneered tree measuring techniques that have allowed ground-based measurements to be accurate to within a foot of true height. Bob is the  the primary architect of the Eastern Old Growth Conference series, and co-organizer of the HCC/ENTS Forest Summit Series. Bob recently published a book, co-authored with Bruce Kershner entitled "Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast." 

President, Eastern Native Tree Society, President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc., ISA Certified Arborist SO-4032A

The ENTS president is a certified arborist and former science technician with the GSMNP. Will has a widely recognized reputation as a tree measurer. He has been featured in articles, on TV., and on radio. Will is a co-author of "Stalking The Forest Monarchs - A Guide To Measuring Champion Trees". He has climbed and measured the tallest or among the tallest trees in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Lee E. Frelich is the founder and Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Hardwood Ecology, St.Paul, and Senior Member of the Graduate Faculty, in the Forestry, Ecology and Conservation Biology programs. He has served on committees of 30 graduate students, has advised 10 M.S. and Ph.D. students, and teaches a course on the ecology of fires and other forest disturbance. 

Dr. Lee Frelich is one of the most distinguised forest ecologists in the United States and the foremost expert on natural forest disturbance regimes in the forests of the upper Mid-West. He is the author of "Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes". Lee is often called on as an expert witness on subjects that span the spectrum of forest issues from the potential impact of climate change to what constitutes an old growth ecosystem.

http://www.cnr.umn.edu/FR/CFHE 

He is a caver and has conducted speleological research across the United States, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Isla de Mona, and the Bahamas.  He serves as webmaster for the ENTS website.  Ed is an avid writer, photographer, and videographer.

He is suave, sophisticated, intelligent, witty, charming, sexy, devilishly handsome, and above all modest. 

http://www.nature-web-network.com 

Dale has quite a varied background. He was a farmer for 9 years, a Marine Corp sergeant, and a furniture maker. After his 4 years with the Marines, he moved to the area to attend school. Dale earned an A.S. in Wildlife Technology from Penn State DuBois and a B.S. in Applied Ecology from Clarion University.

http://www.uark.edu/misc/dendro/ 

http://www.uark.edu/misc/xtimber/  

Dr. Diggins is currently studying the unique old growth forests of Zoar Valley, NY, which are not just a natural state treasure, but a national one. Dr. Diggins is the leading researcher for this land that time forgot.

http://www.as.ysu.edu/~biology/
Faculty%20pages/diggins.htm 

Bob says, "I am currently a research Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle where I am engaged in canopy research in Douglas Fir and Coast Redwood forests. I give occasional lectures and lead field trips for the University, and teach several field classes on Pacific Northwest old-growth forests and Northwest canopy ecology." http://www.forestgiants.com/

Gary Beluzo is Professor of Environmental Science at HCC. He was the Department Chair 1984-1998. Although Gary’s earlier interest was limnology, he entered a partnership with Bob Leverett in the fall of 1998 to inventory, characterize, and map (GPS/GIS) the old growth forests of Massachusetts with a special permit from the MASS DCR . 

Through an NSF Grant in 1996, Professor Beluzo created an Environmental GIS laboratory at HCC and is now developing an extensive geo-database of old growth forests and champion trees for Massachusetts . Professor Beluzo is also the on-campus architect of the HCC Forest Summit Lecture Series.

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