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Well the season is underway. I have spent a few evenings working out the kinks in my system and getting in hunting mode. I haven't seen a single deer on stand but I did spook one in the dark making my way back to the boat and I will set up on it tomorrow evening just to see what it might be. I know you can never be sure but its hoof beats were heavy and it was alone. That always peaks my interest when I am hunting a known big buck area so we will see tomorrow. My wife came down and we spent our…

being anything but useful. Today, my excited, bouncing, daughter and I set out with nothing more than walking sticks, a backpack with cool, chilled water, and a half-empty, rusted can of mosquito repellant. We explored places we once called The Big Tree (for the reason that it blocked part of our path), the Monkey Vine Swings (we used the vines to swing across the creek), and - intimidatingly, because we had once found a dead, decaying cow there – Dead Cow Corner. I share these memories with my…

past Manchester University presidents have lived. Some of the significant problems that are hitting Tall Oaks are things like: invasive plant and tree diversity and leaving the snags up. Once a upon a time, Manchester College (now university) was adding trees and plants to the grounds; most were foreign and invasive trees, like the Cherry Blossom tree. There were close to a thousand saplings of invasive trees…

2. OBJECTIVES 1. Project Objectives a) General Objectives i) Create a baseline for at least 75% of the Grady Tract based in structure and composition of the trees of the site. ii) Recommend different management alternatives to restore oak savanna on the site. b) Specific Objectives i) Survey trees on the Grady tract. Identify them, record their location and measure DBH (diameter at breast high). Include any observations that could be considered important. ii) Measure percentage of canopy density…

Crocodile A monkey named Raktamukha lived on a Jamun tree in the dense forests of India. The monkey was happy in his life spending most of the time jumping around on trees. This Jamun tree was on banks of a river which was home to a crocodile named Karalamukha. Karalmukha used to come on the banks and gradually he and the monkey became very good friends. Few days past, and their friendship grew stronger. Raktmukha used to pluck fruits from the tree and used to give it to Karalmukha and he used…

the planting of all the trees in Riverview Cemetery, of which he was one of the founders.” One of those trees, a stately American Elm, is found along Valley Avenue just south of the Receiving Vault. With a circumference of more than ten feet, the tree is estimated to be some 160 years old, and was a mere sapling when it was planted around 1860. The American Elm, whose botanical name is Ulmus americana, is also known by its common name White Elm, and, less commonly, Water Elm, is native in the…

of me grew when I seen something that I thought was impossible. My heart was racing, my eyes were huge, the words coming out of my mouth were not making any sense, I was stuttering over and over again. There's a truck suspended from the mountain, a tree is holding it up, it looked like it was from lifetime ago. Suddenly the sounds of the waterfall snap me back to reality and I know that I am getting closer and closer to the breathtaking beauty that is known as Amicalola…

I gripped my lacrosse stick like a blanket on a cold winter night, scared down to my bones about what I was about to do. I peeked the back door open to see if anyone was watching, but I knew that no one would be up at this time of night. I grabbed my backpack from the table and quickly ran out the door toward the woods not sure what was lurking in its darkness. I ran through the trees as briskly as I could, nimble on my feet. I knew no one could catch me now, no one knows what I’ve done. I was…

free as the rope zipped as jem ran… “Do you want to play on the swings”? I asked as I walked around jem beca my friend's dog and we smelled the cool crisp wind flowing around me. “I don't care”, she said as she unhooked Jems long leash from a old oak tree,a bubbly feeling from the pit of my stomach as we started to run down the hill with jem close behind and her gold fur waving in the wind. When we got to the swings, as we were swinging Jem started barking at us! “What”? I said as I jumped…

The smell of pine and dirt filled my nose. The sunshine gleaming above the tree branches that seemed to touch the sky. The hot, sunny weather was shielded against by the tree tops. The chirping and singing from the birds could be heard throughout the forest. The sound of the creek rushing and running nearby as if it was full of energy. Who knew that going hiking can be fun and peaceful? Suddenly, my mind was brought back to reality when my aunt uttered, “Hold on, this doesn’t seem right!”…