Destruction of Forest in October

[Toad]

I walk for an hour or two most ever day in the woods with my dogs.

Ever since that October snow storm while walking I have been astounded at how much timber was destroyed by the storm. http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif

Almost all of the damage/debris has been cleaned up in the metropolitan areas but the forest will not be cleaned up. Mother Nature will take her course in due time. The storm was a product of nature and nature will clean the mess up eventually. http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif The storm may have been natures way of making things better in ways we don't even comprehend.

There is so much timber down, whether it be stately old whole trees http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif or just large and small branches, that the entire complexion of an area has changed. I have experienced on several occasions being in an area I knew well but not being able to recognize it. http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif

A walk in the woods in the hill towns must be even more disturbing. Sad1
Just sayin. http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

[smallie_guy]

My hunting partners and I were commenting on this very thing yesterday. We were hunting in Princeton, MA and if you go back about 4 years to the terrible Dec ice storm, plus the recent hurricane and the destruction from the Oct storm (plus the tornado in some other areas) and the woods in most places in this state will never be the same. Add to that, the damage and change that the increased Beaver populations have caused, places that have looked the same to me for 20 years, look totally different in the last 3-4 years. Very weird indeed.

[theothereric]

I have experienced on several occasions being in an area I knew well but not being able to recognize it. http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif

http://www.newenglandfishing.net/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

That has nothing to do with the storm. Old age is really showing it self. You need a life alert necklace so we can find you.

Man i crack myself up!

[Capt.Shay]

A walk in the woods in the hill towns must be even more disturbing. Sad1

Actually, from what I have seen and heard the hill towns actually made out better than lower elevations. A friend of mine in Rowe said there was very little damage in his area even though he had over 30" on his deck. We really didn't get all that much snow for a snow storm. What did all the damage was that here in the valley, all the trees still had their leaves on allowing huge snow/weight buildup. In the hills, a lot of them had already dropped their leaves.

[Bigbear]

I have a friend that lives in Plainfield they still had most of the leaves but there snow was all light and fluffy all 31" of it. And they had vary little damage.
Even within 1-2 miles of my house if you go up to about 600-800 foot elev. there is not much for damage. The top of Mt. Toby (elev. 1200 ft.) had minimal damage.

[noresman]

Here in Belchertown and the surrounding towns the woods are a mess. I was hunting up in Chester and Middlefield and they had almost zero damage from the storm despite getting 17" - 24" of snow.

[bsdb420]

there r lots of standing dead woold that will add to the forest being gone