Comments for WNCOutdoors.info Blog http://blog.wncoutdoors.info Hiking and Mountain Biking in Western North Carolina Sat, 10 May 2008 20:33:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Print Maps, Hikes, and Rides! by Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncnews/enhancements-to-hikewnc-and-mtb-wnc-interactive-maps-printable-hikes-and-rides/#comment-2237 Jordan Mitchell Thu, 08 May 2008 21:57:08 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncnews/enhancements-to-hikewnc-and-mtb-wnc-interactive-maps-printable-hikes-and-rides/#comment-2237 Kim - I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm sure we can get you to that spot. I'll take a look at my maps as soon as I get a chance (my wife graduates college this weekend so it might be early next week) and let you know what I find, and then email you or post back here. Take care, Jordan Kim - I’m so sorry to hear this. I’m sure we can get you to that spot. I’ll take a look at my maps as soon as I get a chance (my wife graduates college this weekend so it might be early next week) and let you know what I find, and then email you or post back here.

Take care,

Jordan

]]> Comment on Print Maps, Hikes, and Rides! by KIM MARSH http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncnews/enhancements-to-hikewnc-and-mtb-wnc-interactive-maps-printable-hikes-and-rides/#comment-2236 KIM MARSH Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:07:31 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncnews/enhancements-to-hikewnc-and-mtb-wnc-interactive-maps-printable-hikes-and-rides/#comment-2236 MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY IN jUNE 2007. hE WAS MT BIKING.HE WAS A CAPT IN THE POLICE DEPT FPR THE SHOOL SYSTEM IN MIAMI. MY PARENTS,SON AND I PLAN ON GOING TO BENT CREEK IN JUNE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A LINK TO THE CORDINANCE WHERE HE WAS ? I KNOW HE WAS WITH HIS BIKE CLUB AND THEY TOLD ME HE WAS AT TRAIL HEAD RICE PINNACLE PARK ;OT 5 POINTS AND TOOK NORTH BOUND TRAIL 200 YARDS BEFORE iNGLES FIELD TRAIL COORDINANCE WAS 35 29.441 W 82 39.368 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? DO YOU HAVE MAP OF THIS AREA CAN I WALKTOTHAT COORDINANCE IT WOULD MEAN ALOT TO ME. HIS SISTER KIM THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY IN jUNE 2007. hE WAS MT BIKING.HE WAS A CAPT IN THE POLICE DEPT FPR THE SHOOL SYSTEM IN MIAMI. MY PARENTS,SON AND I PLAN ON GOING TO BENT CREEK IN JUNE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A LINK TO THE CORDINANCE WHERE HE WAS ? I KNOW HE WAS WITH HIS BIKE CLUB AND THEY TOLD ME HE WAS AT TRAIL HEAD RICE PINNACLE PARK ;OT 5 POINTS AND TOOK NORTH BOUND TRAIL 200 YARDS BEFORE iNGLES FIELD TRAIL COORDINANCE WAS 35 29.441 W 82 39.368 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? DO YOU HAVE MAP OF THIS AREA CAN I WALKTOTHAT COORDINANCE IT WOULD MEAN ALOT TO ME. HIS SISTER KIM THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP

]]> Comment on WNC’s Forests Threatened by Exotic Diseases by CONNIE TATE http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/wncs-forests-threatened-by-exotic-diseases/#comment-2235 CONNIE TATE Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:39:20 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/wncs-forests-threatened-by-exotic-diseases/#comment-2235 WE HAVE TWO HEMLOCK TREES IN OUR YARD AND JUST IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE NOCTICED THAT THERE IS WHITE STUFF ON THE NEDDLES AND BRANCHES....WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE OUR TREES IS THERE SOME TREATMENT WE CAN BUY TO STOP THE INFECTION AND HELP OUR TREES TO LIVE....PLEASE SEND US SOME INFO. ON THIS SUBJECT AND HELP US SAVE OUR TREES.....THANKS SO MUCH CONNIE WE HAVE TWO HEMLOCK TREES IN OUR YARD AND JUST IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE NOCTICED THAT THERE IS WHITE STUFF ON THE NEDDLES AND BRANCHES….WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE OUR TREES IS THERE SOME TREATMENT WE CAN BUY TO STOP THE INFECTION AND HELP OUR TREES TO LIVE….PLEASE SEND US SOME INFO. ON THIS SUBJECT AND HELP US SAVE OUR TREES…..THANKS SO MUCH CONNIE

]]> Comment on Fall Hiking on the Walton Trail (Shared with Yellowjackets!) by Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/fall-hiking-has-arrived-share-the-trail-with-yellowjackets/#comment-2226 Jordan Mitchell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:14:37 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/fall-hiking-has-arrived-share-the-trail-with-yellowjackets/#comment-2226 Ron, I've heard of the Wolf Laurel basin but I've never been there. I definitely have to go now! Not sure what kinds of trees those are - do you have a photo of them? I might be able to identify them with a picture. I'd guess Hemlock, which means enjoy them while they last because the Adelgids are probably already eating them alive. I guess they could also be Fraser fir, but I don't think the firs grow that far south. Could it also be white pine? Ron,

I’ve heard of the Wolf Laurel basin but I’ve never been there. I definitely have to go now! Not sure what kinds of trees those are - do you have a photo of them? I might be able to identify them with a picture. I’d guess Hemlock, which means enjoy them while they last because the Adelgids are probably already eating them alive. I guess they could also be Fraser fir, but I don’t think the firs grow that far south. Could it also be white pine?

]]> Comment on A Call To Action: Hemlocks Threatened by Tiny Hemlock Wooly Adelgid by Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2225 Jordan Mitchell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:40 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2225 Yes, there is a program underway to collect and store hemlock seeds as well as grow them in far-off locations where the adelgids aren't. It's called CAMCORE. Here's a link to an article about it: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/504209.html Yes, there is a program underway to collect and store hemlock seeds as well as grow them in far-off locations where the adelgids aren’t. It’s called CAMCORE. Here’s a link to an article about it:
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/504209.html

]]> Comment on Fall Hiking on the Walton Trail (Shared with Yellowjackets!) by Ron Miller http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/fall-hiking-has-arrived-share-the-trail-with-yellowjackets/#comment-2205 Ron Miller Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:36:55 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/fall-hiking-has-arrived-share-the-trail-with-yellowjackets/#comment-2205 Jordan, I recently stumbled on the Alarka Laurel Spruce Bog while exploring the Cowee Mountains. I am also fascinated with the high mountain valleys featuring plant species more typical of regions farther to the north. I just returned today from the Wolf Laurel Basin on the south slopes of Stratton Meadows (just west of the Cherohala Skyway). The high mountain basin is similar to the Alarka Laurel area, but the dark and majestic trees are not Red Spruce - the trees are either Fraser Fir or Carolina Hemlock? Have you visited this area? Ron Miller Jordan,

I recently stumbled on the Alarka Laurel Spruce Bog while exploring the Cowee Mountains. I am also fascinated with the high mountain valleys featuring plant species more typical of regions farther to the north. I just returned today from the Wolf Laurel Basin on the south slopes of Stratton Meadows (just west of the Cherohala Skyway). The high mountain basin is similar to the Alarka Laurel area, but the dark and majestic trees are not Red Spruce - the trees are either Fraser Fir or Carolina Hemlock? Have you visited this area?

Ron Miller

]]> Comment on A Call To Action: Hemlocks Threatened by Tiny Hemlock Wooly Adelgid by sandy norville http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2155 sandy norville Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:18:51 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2155 my friend in gerton has had swarms of these beetles as well and unfortunately tonight i saw my hemlocks with the aldegid bugs. can i save my trees? my friend in gerton has had swarms of these beetles as well and unfortunately tonight i saw my hemlocks with the aldegid bugs. can i save my trees?

]]> Comment on A Call To Action: Hemlocks Threatened by Tiny Hemlock Wooly Adelgid by Morgan http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2083 Morgan Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:07:03 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/hikewncarticles/a-call-to-action-hemlocks-threatened-by-tiny-hemlock-wooly-adelgid/#comment-2083 If the situation is really so bad, which I think it is, should we be saving the seeds of these trees as well as others that may be lost in the Appalachian highlands? Since January I've done the AT in GA/NC. I've hiked around the Blood Mountain/Vogel area. Did several trails in the Smokemont, Twentymile, Lakeshore Tr. area in the Smokies. The Hemlocks even at lower elevations are starting to thin out, at first the bottom and working its way up. It is very, very sad to behold this rapid devestation. Look, when you see the smog over Atlanta or Knoxville or watch runoff from dirty streets flow into a river or see these huge magnificent ecosystems decline into something less than they were (as with the logging of the late 19th and early 20th century) you feel ashamed of this whole system human beings have created. The same one I begrudgingly take part in every day. If the situation is really so bad, which I think it is, should we be saving the seeds of these trees as well as others that may be lost in the Appalachian highlands?

Since January I’ve done the AT in GA/NC. I’ve hiked around the Blood Mountain/Vogel area. Did several trails in the Smokemont, Twentymile, Lakeshore Tr. area in the Smokies.
The Hemlocks even at lower elevations are starting to thin out, at first the bottom and working its way up. It is very, very sad to behold this rapid devestation.
Look, when you see the smog over Atlanta or Knoxville or watch runoff from dirty streets flow into a river or see these huge magnificent ecosystems decline into something less than they were (as with the logging of the late 19th and early 20th century) you feel ashamed of this whole system human beings have created. The same one I begrudgingly take part in every day.

]]> Comment on Leave the Snowshoes at Home by Jordan Mitchell http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/leave-the-snowshoes-at-home/#comment-1981 Jordan Mitchell Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:07:11 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/leave-the-snowshoes-at-home/#comment-1981 Yep, can't forget about Spring. Probably my favorite season. If it's not gonna snow, bring on the leaves and flowers! Yep, can’t forget about Spring. Probably my favorite season. If it’s not gonna snow, bring on the leaves and flowers!

]]> Comment on Leave the Snowshoes at Home by Sam http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/leave-the-snowshoes-at-home/#comment-1961 Sam Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:38:25 +0000 http://blog.wncoutdoors.info/wncoutdoorsrants/leave-the-snowshoes-at-home/#comment-1961 You're right man, but the good thing about march is that its the start of spring! Time for some enjoyable weather for camping/biking. You’re right man, but the good thing about march is that its the start of spring! Time for some enjoyable weather for camping/biking.

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