Show threadDoomsdaysCWMay 25

#MaineByFoot - #MassabesicExperimentalForest
#AlfredME

Preserve Size: 3,700 acres

"This experimental forest, which is used by the U.S. Forest Service for forest ecology and management research, is better organized for walking than its northern partner, the Massabesic Experimental Forest in Lyman.

"Here there are a few well-blazed, easy-to-follow footpaths, as well as a 1-mile old forest road cutting through the land that is flat and easy. Additionally, there are several twisty trails that aren’t blazed but seem as if they would appeal to mountain bikers. These unmarked tracks are often identifiable by small boulders parked at their entrance where they split from the old forest road. I’ve marked the blazed and un-blazed trails with different colors in my map.

"An interesting spot in this area is the largest #AtlanticWhiteCedar #wetlands in #NewEngland, which you can visit by hiking the 1-mile #ClaytonCarlTrail to the #AtlanticWhiteCedarTrail. These paths are accessed from the main track, on the west side of the forest.

"Additionally, there is a very pretty short trail on the other side of #WhichersMillRoad. The easy and wide 0.5-mile #CharlesESwettTrail takes you to the shores of #EstesLake. The rocks here look like they would make good swimming perches."

Learn more:
https://mainebyfoot.com/massabesic-experimental-forest-alfred/

#NoDatacenters #MainePol #MEPol
#Datacenters #ConservationLand
#MousamRiver #EstesLake
#NoisePollution #ProtectTheForests

Chris WhiteApr 22, 2023
Atlantic white cedar #swamp, #Wellfleet, #CapeCod, #Massachusetts, USA
#AtlanticWhiteCedar (Juniper family, Chamaecyparis thyoides) grows in low areas on the US east coast. This swamp is probably in a kettle left by the #Pleistocene #glaciation, not interdune. These aren’t climax trees because the seedlings can’t grow in shade. These trees were harvested as rot-resistant timber by colonists, leading to extensive deforestation on the cape.
#photograph #woodland #landscape #fujifilm 12 mm
BiometricBillXMar 16, 2023

Atlantic white-cedar, a now relatively rare forest type in the eastern US: it faces threats from sea leavel rise and hydrology changes due to development, but restoration of some stable populations to gain back part of the species range is possible; there is a unique feel to walking around these forests.

#atlanticwhitecedar #cedar #forest #forests #forestry #forestrestoration #forestry