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New England Forests
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Films related to the forests and wildlife of New England, primarily Western Massachusetts. Old growth forests are a special interest. More information (including contact info) is available at the companion New England Forests blog at www.neforests.com
The Return of Old Growth Forests
Much of New England's second-growth forest is on a trajectory toward old-growth, following the mid-1800's abandonment of cleared agricultural lands. However, there is increased pressure to manage these forests, which will stall their return to their natural state.
This documentary film describes the characteristics and great importance of "old growth" New England (and other northeastern) forests.
Atmospheric physicist Anastassia Makarieva explains the "Biotic Pump" theory, which describes the crucial role that natural, mature, native forests play in regulating the Earth's winds and hydrologic cycle, and the biotic pump's feedback loop that sustains forests.
Environmental scientist Margery ...
This documentary film describes the characteristics and great importance of "old growth" New England (and other northeastern) forests.
Atmospheric physicist Anastassia Makarieva explains the "Biotic Pump" theory, which describes the crucial role that natural, mature, native forests play in regulating the Earth's winds and hydrologic cycle, and the biotic pump's feedback loop that sustains forests.
Environmental scientist Margery ...
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Plants That Cheat
Просмотров 12 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Millions of years ago, a small percentage of plants evolved the ability to steal nutrients from other plants, thus becoming parasites. They obtained part of their needs from their neighbors; but over the eons, some became virtually completely dependent on other plants for nutrition. Today, about 1% of plants are parasitic, and a number of them are commonly found in our forests, meadows, and gra...
The Salamanders of New England
Просмотров 68 тыс.Год назад
Salamanders are plentiful in many forests, but due to their underground (or underwater) lifestyles, for the most part are not often seen (one exception to that is the Red-spotted Newt; its bright orange juvenile Red Eft form is commonly seen on the forest floor after rainfall). Nonetheless, salamanders play a significant ecological role in the cycling of nutrients in forests, as they consume al...
New England's Native Oak Trees
Просмотров 140 тыс.Год назад
A documentary film describing twelve oak species of the northeastern U.S., which comprise the native oak species of New England. Beyond species identification, natural and cultural history is related, including charcoal kilns of yesteryear. Timelapse footage shows seldom-witnessed events in the life of an oak tree, including acorns sprouting/rooting, gypsy moths laying eggs, and acorn weevil la...
The Forgotten Forest Primeval - Rediscovering Mt Sunapee's Old Growth
Просмотров 37 тыс.Год назад
In the late 1800's, the unchecked clear-cut logging of pristine mountainsides in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire resulted in public outrage that prompted the creation of the White Mountain National Forest. As the demand for timber brought loggers to Mt Sunapee in the early 1900's, residents feared the loss of primeval forest there and took action to stop it. Then, for a half-centu...
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 5- Fall to Winter
Просмотров 50 тыс.2 года назад
The special habitat that is a beaver pond hosts more natural drama than many people might imagine. In this multi-part series, we highlight the lives of the pond's inhabitants both to educate and entertain, in the hope that the importance and significance of this unique habitat will be appreciated, welcomed, and protected. This film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New Engla...
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 4- Mid-Summer to Fall
Просмотров 68 тыс.2 года назад
The special habitat that is a beaver pond hosts more natural drama than many people might imagine. In this multi-part series, we highlight the lives of the pond's inhabitants both to educate and entertain, in the hope that the importance and significance of this unique habitat will be appreciated, welcomed, and protected. This film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New Engla...
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 3- Early to Mid Summer
Просмотров 71 тыс.3 года назад
The special habitat that is a beaver pond hosts more natural drama than many people might imagine. In this multi-part series, we highlight the lives of the pond's inhabitants both to educate and entertain, in the hope that the importance and significance of this unique habitat will be appreciated, welcomed, and protected. This film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New Engla...
New England's Roadside Ecology with Tom Wessels
Просмотров 101 тыс.3 года назад
Terrestrial ecologist Tom Wessels, professor emeritus at Antioch University New England, introduces his latest book, "New England's Roadside Ecology", which features guided walks at 30 unique natural sites across all six New England states. In the film, Tom leads us on one of the book's intriguing hikes, in the Kilburn Pond area of New Hampshire's Pisgah State Park, discussing a number of ecolo...
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 2 - Late Spring
Просмотров 143 тыс.3 года назад
Interested in observing a wide variety of wildlife? There are few, if any, better places to sit down and quietly watch for mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, fish, and reptiles than at a beaver pond. It's nature's magnet habitat. A beaver pond is not merely a place where beavers happen to live; it’s a natural community like no other, that draws together a large percentage of the animal specie...
Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 1 - Early Spring
Просмотров 392 тыс.3 года назад
Interested in observing a wide variety of wildlife? There are few, if any, better places to sit down and quietly watch for mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, fish, and reptiles than at a beaver pond. It's nature's magnet habitat. A beaver pond is not merely a place where beavers happen to live; it’s a natural community like no other, that draws together a large percentage of the animal specie...
The Magic Maples of New England
Просмотров 54 тыс.3 года назад
The maple trees of New England and the entire northeast are famous for their fluorescent autumn colors. Can you identify each of these species? Would you recognize them in their old-growth forms? Join us for a look at these magic maples. Old-growth forest expert Bob Leverett and Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist Neil Pederson are featured. These maple species are included: - Red maple (Acer rubru...
The Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT - 2020
Просмотров 19 тыс.3 года назад
At one time the Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT, were reputed to be the tallest old eastern white pines (Pinus strobus) in New England. That is, until they were destroyed by tornadoes in 1989. BUT- - there's good news! The surviving remnant pines have put on a lot of growth since those storms of 3 decades ago, and they're big and beautiful! Come see... For more info, see the story at newengland...
Eastern White Pine- the Tree Rooted in American History
Просмотров 445 тыс.4 года назад
Documents the eastern white pine tree's central role in the founding and building of America, its logging history, and its current importance to wildlife and humans. Why was the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) at one time the most valuable tree in the world? Why did the king of England establish the American colonies? What led up to the American Revolution? What is the tallest living thing i...
Lynn Rogers Bear Tree
Просмотров 11 тыс.4 года назад
Old-growth forest expert Bob Leverett dedicates a large eastern white pine tree in Mohawk Trail State Forest (MA) to bear biologist friend Dr Lynn Rogers of Minnesota.
Trailer- "Eastern White Pine: The Tree Rooted in American History"
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.4 года назад
Trailer- "Eastern White Pine: The Tree Rooted in American History"
Tom Wessels: The Ecology of Coevolved Species
Просмотров 274 тыс.5 лет назад
Tom Wessels: The Ecology of Coevolved Species
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 3
Просмотров 370 тыс.6 лет назад
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 3
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 1
Просмотров 1,1 млн6 лет назад
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 1
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 2
Просмотров 770 тыс.6 лет назад
Tom Wessels: Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 2
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
Просмотров 1,5 млн6 лет назад
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
Mt Tom Wild: Wildlife on the Mt Tom Range
Просмотров 265 тыс.8 лет назад
Mt Tom Wild: Wildlife on the Mt Tom Range
Maple Sugaring at Gould's Sugar House
Просмотров 60 тыс.8 лет назад
Maple Sugaring at Gould's Sugar House
Birch, Sweet Birch: New England's Forest Birches
Просмотров 66 тыс.8 лет назад
Birch, Sweet Birch: New England's Forest Birches
Holy-smoke,what an awesome video.
Beautiful! Sad about chestnut, elm, ash, beech, hemlock, could disappear. We gotta stoo importing non native plants for our yards...
"We only have to leave it alone..." Just that is one of the things mankind is particularly bad at.
Salmon brook got its name from all the salmon that spawned in granby,conn.
Just remembered I would walk through farmland and thrid growth forest old foundations stone walls and even an ELK ANTLER.
I'm 75 granby conn the old oak tree on day street mayb 500 yrs old. My backyard,1958-1978 off and on was a 30 acre forest of tall pines, Tough to c the sun. sum areas pine needles 2"- 3" thick..one tree behind parents Huge wasn't white pine.2 homes down another huge tree this pine extremely old and thick.once sawam Alaskan spotted owl sitting in branches we looked at each other..how it got there I don't no..lady slippers flowers one small pond turtles,frogs another small pond starting to fill in had huge grapes. This Grove was owned by an old couple..I guess a grandson built a home in grove..oh well life..now I live in portland, oregon a long ways away in miles and time.up to mayb 1961 deer in bac yard on ocassion.deer prints in snow on side steps to house.
This channel is so awesome, I can’t believe I haven’t found it yet. Thank you
We were wondering when you’d show up! 😁
@@NewEnglandForests haha
Are hybrids sterile? Or can they keep reproducing? And further hybridize?
Hybrids may be sterile, but are often fertile and able to produce offspring. Because a hybrid is typically produced in or very near a stand of at least one of its parents, if it does reproduce it is statistically more likely to cross (ie, “backcross”) with one of its parent species; its offspring’s genetics therefore would tend to go back toward that parent species. The hybrid’s characteristics typically would tend to disappear in that population over the generations, although some may be retained in the subsequent generations.
"Wouldn’t it have been nice to experience the old growth forests as the first settlers did?" Nicer would have been to live for centuries is those forests and do little harm as the natives did.
Good interview.
With the roots of these trees growing together, would a herbicide applied to a stump or shrubbery damage the other trees? In a lot of restoration work done in savannas and forests herbicides are used to get rid of invasives that are deep rooted and difficult to grub out with brute force. I'm curious if anyone has any info on that.
The herbicides naturally degrade after a short while so usually aren’t that harmful. Less so than invasive plants anyways.
They left out clear-cut logging to produce charcoal for fuel. It was especially needed for iron and steel.
Those golden needles are phenomenal in the garden!
I have two nice, large white oaks on my property (house built in 1895). I measured the breast height diameter (via circumference), and the bigger of the two is a bonafide old growth, with a 48" diameter. It's grown in well-drained, sandy soil, and a rough estimate of it's age via the growth factor calculation is 240 years. I marvel to think that this majestic tree sprouted just 8 years after our country's independence!
Bring back the old growth trees
How exactly do you propose to accomplish that, exactly ? You seem to not understand what extinction is.
Old growth can be very old trees that are on land that has been logged many years ago. 200+? Not sure.
@@google_is_a_criminal but we can conserve the old growth forests that still exist AND encourage their growth by creating areas around their perimeters for expansion.
Why not start planting old growth trees ?
Planting trees is another set of choices and decisions made by humans who do not possess the adequate knowledge, wisdom, or ability to create what nature would. A forest is an extremely complex community; it is best managed by natural processes, not by us.
that would first require everyone on the planet to go back to the preindustrial revolution, billions would die
There is really no need to plant forest trees in the eastern U.S., trees grow pretty spontaneously here. New England and the southern Appalachians have a lot of forest land. What is needed is to leave a significant portion of that forest land alone to continue growing into old age. It will do just fine if we can refrain from cutting and managing it.
"Old growth" is an ecosystem that can not and does not exist any longer, we've allowed so much cutting and infection from foreign ecosystems, what's lost is GONE, and GONE FOREVER. None of it CAN ever come back, not like it was, that world is GONE.
It’s not true that old growth forest does not exist anymore. There is a very significant amount of old growth in the southern Appalachians (eg, Smoky Mtns), in the Adirondacks of NY, and other locations, as well as in the Pacific Northwest. Plus, there are smaller remnants of old growth in a number of other places in the eastern US. If forests are left alone, they will attain old age; they may not consist of the same mix of organisms (plant, fungus, and animal) as the pre-settlement forests, but they will nonetheless be far better than what highly managed, simplified, persistently younger forests are today.
Does coring harm a tree?
Coring a tree involves creating a small hole (about 3/8 inch) in the trunk. Of course this is not a benefit to the tree, since a fungus could possibly be introduced which would cause rot. But trees have defenses against that, and the hole typically is rapidly healed shut. Every time a leaf falls from a tree or a branch or twig is broken off, a wound is created, but the tree’s defenses quickly seal the wound. Tapping a maple tree to make maple syrup creates a wound that usually causes no significant damage. Some tree species are more susceptible to problems than others. Coring should not be done irresponsibly.
That is a huge assumption, how do you know it was not lightning
What are you referring to?
His should be happening on a global scale . And get rid of all monoculture .
Native did not look after the forest it looked after them
Best channel on RUclips. 😊
Recognising that Evolutionary Theory is the dominant paradigm of the day, an honestly informed scientist need not present this unproven and highly contestable theory as fact.
I’m not too sure the concept of organic evolution is “highly contestable”, at least not anymore. One can ponder how life got started on Earth, but it’s pretty clear that organisms (species) adapt to changes in their environment over time by way of genetic modification; ie, they evolve.
This man really looked at some bumps on the forest floor and said you dont want to stand here on 5:30 pm on September 21st 1938 because that's when the tree fell down during a hurricane that came in from the east and went all the way to Canada
Vancouver Island 10.6 cedars.
I'm thankful to have stumbled upon this and the effort that went into making it.
Beacon of light out of batteries...
How beautiful. i love this. thank you. i really needed to see this. A blessing.
Thank you for that touching note. It's appreciated more than you might think. -Ray
Great channel and video 👍❤️✌️
Amazing video
The impact of the wildlife is probably the biggest factor in distributing seeds, different species and different numbers influence what kinds of seeds are moved where... There was a LOT more wildlife back them.
If you haven't purchased Tom's books, you should really considerate it. I take mine with me while I walk in the woods now.
I’m wondering… why didn’t England plant trees?
I assume you’re referring to trees for ship masts. I don’t know if they did or did not plant pines in those early years, but you must realize that the pines needed for large masts were well over a hundred years old, and probably much more. England was at war and couldn’t wait for trees to grow from seed; they had immediate need for huge, strong pines, and sought them wherever they could.
They did, and even the US still maintains a forest specifically for tall ship wood, but the time it takes for these to come to fruition is measured at best in decades, ideally a century. Difficult to justify the effort in already overcrowded england back then and all their old growth was gone, more economical to find more old growth elsewhere.
The Kings & Queens of England owned the Forests and the game within them
Were they found recently?
The best part is that all we hear is nature and not the awful music.
I agree!
This was a very informative and interesting documentary. Well done!
Thank you very much!
I hate these dam things.
Amazing how European migrants totally annihilated absololutely everything they encountered across a continent within 250 years.
It's exactly what they did to their own home lands 2!!!!
Just leave it alone....👍
Just don't show this video to dollar general. 🤣
Hhhhhh
Our forests in southern new York are suffering. So many diseases, I feel as though I can hear them crying.😥🕊
I currently just finished my second geomorphology class. I was able to understand perfectly, wish I had you about 5 weeks ago.
Thank you so much for making these incredible films.
You’re entirely welcome, and thank you for watching!
When u realise u learn as much from reading the comments as you did from the video. Great stuff, thanks
This contrnt is a treasure trove of information and knowledge. I can not thank Tom enough for sharing this. Very interesting 👍
Me reading New England forests: Yup...... this place is OLD
Man, he's really EARNED that beard
I think this is one of my favourite videos on RUclips
My dad and my brother and I went to go see the Cathedral Pines just after the tornado took most of them down. It was quite a shock considering we had no idea that this had happened. I do recall that even the trees left standing were some of the biggest pines and hemlocks I had ever seen. It was nice to see that some of them still remained, and now in this video that the survivors are still alive and growing. And that as expected the forest is recovering.
Here in Westport Massachusetts, there are 3 very old black cherry trees growing near a coastal bank. . How can I determine the ages ? I have a furniture maker interested some of the planks of one tree that crashed in a winter storm I look on line at the planks selling for hundreds of dollars Why so much ?
It's easier to estimate the age of some tree species than others by visible characteristics (bark, etc), but black cherry trees are not easy to age by outward appearances. The best way to determine their age is to take a core sample from the trunk, using a tool called an increment borer, which is a hollow tube that is cranked into the tree, to its center. It will leave a pencil-diameter hole in the trunk, after the small dowel-like sample is extracted; the tree will heal the hole shut. The core sample is glued to a wooden mounting strip, then sanded to make the tree's annual rings visible and countable, which reveals the tree's age. But, if one of the trees has fallen, as you said, then a clean cut can be made across the stump (or its log) and the rings could be counted there.
Fascinating and informative documentary. Bravo for your excellent work!
*No way all those fences were built in 30 years. I believe they had help from outer space.*