MEETING MINUTES
Black Hill Ranger Station
Attendees:
Gabrielle
Ron Anderson Tom Frederick
Michael Morgan
John Bennett
Cecil/State Big Tree Program Update:
John and Tom measured a new county champion loblolly pine in Colora. Ron had located the absentee landowner.
John gave a presentation on the many trees measured in
August. Trees were measured in
Several new members have become active in the State Program.
Website Update:
Ron went over the updates made to the website including adding big tree and insect/disease information links.
He would like to add NRCC photos of the Cecil students also. Gabrielle will provide them.
New Business:
Ron should have
acorns available from his wye oak descendent tree.
John and Dorothy’s
pollinator garden is working well with many interesting observations on species
and effectiveness.
John worked the
State Fair this year on Labor Day. It
went well with several pretty good discussions.
Michael reported there
are still many problems with trees out there, including insects, disease and
saturated soils.
Gabrielle reported
there will probably be some changes at NRCC next year as Steve Resh is retiring from