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Re: [RC] Headwaters Ride and old growth - Karen Sullivan----- Original Message ----- From: "David LeBlanc" <dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> What's interesting here (NW) is that you can be riding through a nice forest that hasn't been cut in say 50-70 years, and it's nice, but then you notice the stumps that are 2-3 times the diameter of any of the trees currently standing. Best ride I've ever been on is the Redwood ride - rode past trees bigger in diameter than my horse is long from nose to tail. The following from www.ecology.com regarding the California coastal redwood: ."....old growth, described as trees that are more than 250 years old, with a trunk diameter of more than four feet at breast height. At one time, the majestic old growth forests covered millions of acres along a 50-mile wide coastal band stretching from San Francisco to southern Oregon. Today, less than 90,000 acres of old-growth forests remain." I seem to remember from the flyer from Humboldt Redwoods State Park is that of all the old growth redwoods in California, something like only 1% remains, but let me double check that to verify..... I got to ride in Redwood National Park (Redwood Ride) last weekend; it was just incredible! Karen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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