Ecological Stewardship: Journaling 108 Days of Trees

This blog page represents the photographed highlights and journey of journaling trees for 108 days in Ohio, a few other states, beginning  Arbor Day to the last day of a study abroad in the Western Ghats of India 2015.

 

[I hold] dearly cherished memories about … the fine garden grounds full of trees and bushes and flowers that my wife and father-in-law and I planted…fine things from every land. John Muir (Agee & Ryan, 1980, p.40).

 

Agee, J. & Ryan, P. (1980). Historic trees of John Muir National Historic Site Author(s): Journal of Forest History, 24, (1), pp. 40-46.

 

Hueston Woods, State Park, Ohio

Boston Commons Park, Massachusetts

 

Northern Western Ghats of India

 

Indian Creek MetroPark, Butler County, Ohio

City of Boston, Massachusetts

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Brookville, Indiana

 

Ann Antennen Metro Park, Butler County, Ohio

Mosaic Repeat of Places

 

 

 

 

 

 

August, 2015

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Mango tree. Western Ghats of India.

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“A healthy forest is one you can walk through” Samaik (2015).

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A dirt road offers a buffer or bumper between conservation land and rice fields.

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A narrow trail offers a line of separation between a conservation area and a village rice field. Conservation corridor. Western Ghats of India.

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Tree and swings at the Ambar Pawankhing Resort, India

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Pre trip logistics:  Earth Expeditions India Course Reader and Selected Works.

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First walk and stream at Kundawale Sacred Grove, Western Ghats of India.

May, 2015

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Maple tree seedlings collected from yard and presented to family and friends for Mother’s day.

 

April, 2015

Acron seedlings at Indian Creek Metro Park.

October, 2015

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Post journaling action:  The logistics of planting trees at The Edge conservation site, Oxford, Ohio.

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