A True Giant Of A Tree - Russ George

What matters is not what is written on the page, what matters is what is written in your heart. My essays and ideas in ocean ecology for hearts and minds.

The reason to do all this is about working to pioneer new methods to save the world - one ocean plankton bloom, one forest, not one discovery at a time. All at once. This blog and my lifes work is dedicated to my 3 children and 2 grandchildren and yours too...and to mysteries of nature some discovered most not.

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Things I now believe in, mermaids. Things I no longer believe in, dynamite fishing.

Things I now believe in, Mermaids. Things I no longer believe in, Dynamite fishing.

Ocean life taking charge!

If you know any good fish puns let minnow.

Now that's bark that barks!

Now that's bark that barks, we need more natural forest art like this

#8 Long Muddler, best Western small water Rainbow and Brown fly

#8 Long Muddler, best fly ever for Western small water Rainbows and Browns.

One of my Old Massett forestry techs measuring a Sitka Spruce spared from the saw forever!

One of our Old Massett forestry techs measuring a Sitka Spruce a few years back. This tree is now spared, along with a hundred thousand friends, from the saw forever! It only took ten years of effort .

When the salmon are in the river a few feet away and you look up

When the salmon are in the river a few feet away and you look up WOW, but where a hat!

Imagine having to cross the river here to get to work on another forest restoration and preservation project.

Imagine having to cross the river here to get to work on another forest restoration and preservation project.

Walking distance to work.

Walking distance to work.

A True Giant Of A Tree

A True Giant Of A Tree

Russ George / February 19, 2016 / Comments Off / Stories For And From The Heart

This Giant Sequoia in the high Sierra brings back memories for me.

About this time of year some 20 or so years ago I took my two daughters snow camping nearby.

Just about 100 years ago President Teddy Roosevelt was the most avid defender of nature and conservation as his words attest, “There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.” Confession of Faith Speech, Progressive National Convention, Chicago, IL, August 6, 1912

The tree below is named THE PRESIDENT, it’s just a twig short of 250 feet tall. The photo is actually a composite of over 100 photos all stacked up to show the tree in all of it’s glory, thanks to National Geographic.

When near such giants in the winter one has to be carefull to not pitch a tent directly below as lumps of snow and ice the size of a cow fall out of its crown without warning. I can still see and hear my two daughters in my minds eye looking up in awe of that friendly tree that watched over us.

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Here’s a video about this very special tree.

Tags: giant, giant sequoia, roosevelt, tree

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