Hands Off Hartlebury Common
Steve McCarron |
/ #727 Re: trees and stuff2011-07-09 20:26I agree, measuring the diameter is useless for calculus in this instance. However, circumference is perfectly ok. The circumference of this tree is 74 inches. Trees, by species, are genetically coded to grow at about the same rate under similar conditions, therfore I am trying to get a ball park here give or take a decade or two. The stump I took my measurements off was cut 12 inches from the ground and the shaft of the tree would have been quite parallel. I know, I should h http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x395/stevemac2/DSCF6245.jpg... ave measured the trunk lying on the ground. Netherless, these trees are too old to be cut down at all according to Francis Flanagan, regardless of what tape I used and how far I measured up the trunk.
Peat and boggy soils only hold moisture that that is presented to them. The construction of houses has caused some ponds and streams to dry up because of the way a large development interferes with transitional soil permiability. The trees do not have to be in close proximity to the pool, it is the site in general which will be drier and less able to allow perculating water the time to penetrate the ground.
Ok, climate change is real, yes?
The plants you are talking about were subject to SSSI protection. which is why WCC have a sign which tells us grazing had to stop. What species will replace these then. And whos experiment is this, its not mentioned anywhere.
If you were around 4000 years ago with basic tools, would you and your 30 settlers embark on a deforestation programme of 200 acres? Given that the population of Britain was around 250,000 people, labour would be a bit thin on the ground. Couple to this the average life expectancy of 35 years, I question the validity of the claim by WCC that 4000 years ago, settlers cut down the trees on the common. Have you tried felling a hardwood tree with an axe before? Then, to suggest that they also grubbed out the gulleys is nonsense. The reality is that the settlers would have had a clearing on the upper terrace but no more than was neccesary to support there population. This model is repeated around this time everywhere. Time was a precious commodity, they new the ground was useless for agriculture, this would have been carried out at the nearest naturally suitable place. Then trees would have been cut but only sufficient for their needs. The deliberate and mechanised approach will meen that for the first time in its history the common will be reliant on constant management and cattle that will not be able to venture into these gullies as a management tool. It's not a matter of precautionary stances from the RSPB, they are also very definate as to the guidlines and laws concerning tree felling. As a keen ornothologist I am sure that you are aware of these.
Given the enourmous size of these trees, there location and proximity, dont you think something is not right here? Why were the trees cut to the ground anyway? Interesting, this bit of pruning IS mentioned on the signboards as removal of branches that may damage to power cables?
The protected status of a common is only as strong or weak as the people supposedley protecting it. This is not some back garden here.
It's funny, all of a sudden MAN is the problem, well its been fine for 4000 years. At this level of man made destruction, there will be nothing left soon. This supports the thinking that if loony prehistoric land grabbers did deforest then, there would be nothing left for us to see today. If things are bad now, the future looks bleak again. Liz Nether wants to open up yet more pathways and regards the site as underused. So much for the undisturbed habitat loved by many of our species.
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