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Old 08-05-2021, 04:08 PM   #81
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Just a thought for those who've had mature trees taken down recently.

The presence of trees keeps strong winds from uprooting their nearby neighbor-trees. Now that the earth is saturated, we can expect more loss of trees.

A neighbor had his adjacent lot evaluated for building on. The environmental survey (of which I have a copy) wrote, "Unsuitable for structures". Ten years ago, that soggy lot was sold and built upon. Most of the trees between our lots have been incrementally blown over in the same direction.

On the other side of our place, the majority are straight, as a forest of trees would be expected to be. Most within 50-feet of the water are leaning over the lake. Most of those have been affected by erosion: Large boulders are sliding in. Some actually fall, and are even heard--as they roll in.

All this rain will have consequences.
Even though some trees may be 100 years old, they don't have deep root systems, since much of NH doesn't have deep dirt. Hate to lose the trees, but better to be the "Granite State" than the "Deep Dirt" state. Walking though the (~100 acres) woods behind our camp, we find huge pines that have blown down despite being several hundred feet into theprotection of other trees. Sometimes, a really big one will get hit by lightning and explode like a firecracker. Shards can be found stuck in the ground many feet away from the tree base. It is intriguing to wander through woods that have not been managed, harvested or otherwise maintained for over 100 years after the sheep stopped grazing the land.
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