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UPDATE: A “Woodstock Early Bird” informs me the property owner is looking for good use for this white pine wood.

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I was saddened to return from “away” to find, during a walk down River Street,  that some old majestic white pine trees had been felled. The pines were at the back of the Menendez property on Mountain Avenue and were said to be rotting from the inside with the potential for being a safety threat.  The Vermont Standard reported on this story but I had not witnessed it until recently.  

Vermont’s oldest white pines were once used to provide masts for our Navy’s ships.

George Perkins Marsh emphasized the importance of trees to management of watersheds.

The Billings family put those ideas into practice.

Which brings me to today:  Off they go again –Woodstock kids are once again on their way to Costa Rica to help restore tree habitat for birds there.

Thanks “Change the World Kids”  for your hard work here, there and everywhere.

Nice to know Woodstock’s tree-planting traditions continue to be observed.