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CCC Boys.” the Many Miles of the Gravel Roads They Built, Many of Them Including Stone Bridges and Culverts, Were So Well Constructed That They Are Still in Use CONNECTICUT Woodlands INVASIVES From the largest tree to the smallest pathogen The Magazine of t he Connecticut Forest & Park Association Winter 2009 Volume 73 Number 4 CONNECTICUT Woodlands The Magazine of the Connecticut Forest & Park Association The Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Inc. Officers PRESIDENT, David Platt, Higganum VICE-PRESIDENT, Jean Crum Jones, Shelton VICE-PRESIDENT, Eric Lukingbeal, Granby VICE-PRESIDENT, David Sullivan, Haddam TREASURER, Gordon L. Anderson, Glastonbury SECRETARY, Eric Hammerling, West Hartford FORESTER, Dan Donahue Directors Mark Ashton, New Haven Richard A. Bauerfeld, Branford William Breck, Killingworth Russell L. Brenneman, Westport George M. Camp, Middletown Starling W. Childs, Norfolk Ruth Cutler, Ashford Laurence Diamond, Coventry James Dombrauskas, New Hartford Caroline Driscoll, New London Astrid T. Hanzalek, Suffield David Leff, Collinsville Scott Livingston, Bolton Geoffrey Meissner, Southington Karen Mignone, Fairfield Thomas Mongillo, North Branford Bob Morrison, Manchester C. Anagnostakis Randall Miller, Hamden This Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia) was planted in Leiden, Holland, in 1860 James Ritchie, Sandy Hook but is only 3 feet in diameter. How could this be? See page 30. Starr Sayres, East Haddam Donald L. Snook, Westport Deborah Spalding, Guilford Colin Tait, Norfolk Richard Whitehouse, Glastonbury Conserving Connecticut Annual Membership The Connecticut Forest & Park Association is a Individual $ 35 Honorary Directors Family $ 50 Harrol W. Baker, Jr., Bolton private, non-profit organization dedicated since Richard F. Blake, Milford 1895 to conserving the land, trails, and natural Supporting $ 100 Clyde S. Brooks, Gibsonia, PA resources of Connecticut. Benefactor $ 250 Ann M. Cuddy, Lakeville The Connecticut Forest & Park Association is Samuel G. Dodd, Mansfield Center affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation, Life Membership $ 2500 John E. Hibbard, Hebron Philip H. Jones, Jr., Shelton the National Woodland Owners Association, Edward A. Richardson, Glastonbury the American Hiking Society, and Earth Share. Corporate Membership David M. Smith, Hamden Club $ 50 L.P.Sperry, Jr., Middlebury Connecticut Woodlands Nonprofit $ 75 Sally L. Taylor, Mystic Published quarterly by the Sustaining $ 100 Henry H. Townshend, New Haven Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Mid- Landmark $ 250 Staff dlefield, 16 Meriden Road, Rockfall, CT 06481- Stewardship $ 500 Executive Director, Eric Hammerling, West Hartford 2961. Leadership $1000 Trail Conservation Director, Ann T. Colson, Clinton Indexed in the Connecticut Periodical Index, Development Director, James W. Little, Hebron ISSN 00106257. Office Manager, Teresa Peters, Durham Financial Management Assistant, Linda Cunningham, Portland Telephone: 860-346-2372. Land Conservation Director, Damon Hearne, Higganum Fax: 860-347-7463. Education Director, Lori Paradis Brant, Beacon Falls E-mail address: [email protected] WalkCT Director, Leslie Lewis, Lyme World Wide Web site: WalkCT Communications Coordinator, Jennifer Benner, Roxbury http://www.ctwoodlands.org Printed on recycled paper EDITOR, Christine Woodside GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Karen Ward 2 CONNECTICUT WOODLANDS Winter 2009 CONNECTICUT Woodlands The Magazine of the Connecticut Forest & Park Association Winter 2009 Volume 73 Number 4 Contents FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 7 Invasive Species and Connecticut’s 4 President’s Message. Knocking back barberry, Forests. An introduction to their nurturing the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails. impact—potential and realized. By David Platt. By Rose Hiskes, Robert E. Marr, and Claire E. Rutledge. 5 Executive Director’s Message. Reverse the breakdown of community in America. 14 We Did This. People encourage invasives. By Eric Hammerling. By Christine Woodside. 6 Editor’s Note. As newspapers struggle, a new 16 Earthworms Losing Hero Status. Learning model emerges for print journalism. to look with suspicion on a creature By Christine Woodside. everybody loves. By Christine Woodside. 22 From the Archives. Promoting skiing. 18 The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation By James W. Little. Corps in Connecticut. Trees, trails, roads, buildings, and more, gave work and pride to a generation of young men 24 Try This Hike. The Kingkillers: Taking public during the Great Depression. transportation to the Regicides Trail in New By Marty Podskoch. Haven. By Scot Mackinnon Correction New England Musings. Forests of the far reaches. The regional trash-to-energy plant in 26 By Adam R. Moore. Preston generates 130 million kilo- watt hours per year, which is enough electricity to power more than 28 From the Land. Local potatoes, a golden treasure. 12,000 households per year, assum- By Jean Crum Jones. ing those households consume elec- tricity at what the federal goverment 30 Tree Page. The butternut that is not a butternut. describes as the average rate of 900 By Sandra L. Anagnostakis. kilowatt-hours per month. These two figures were incorrect in an arti- Book Review. Can a nonfiction book on botanists cle on trash incineration published in 32 grab you? When they climb the world’s largest the fall issue. trees, the answer is yes. By Robert Ricard. 33 WalkCT. Rx: Go walking. Working with the medical community. By Leslie Lewis. 34 Environmental Update. News from around the state. On the Cover: 34 Letter. On a notable tree. Purple loosestrife. This magenta- blooming invader has crowded out 34 On the Trails. Sixth Annual Winter Trail natives along the coast. Photo by Maintenance Workshop. Robert Pagini. 35 CFPA Store. Buy books, maps, and clothing. Winter 2009 CONNECTICUT WOODLANDS 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE KNOCKING BACK BARBERRY, NURTURING THE BLUE-BLAZED HIKING TRAILS BY DAVID PLATT It’s not like chopping down invasive plants but rather like building something strong. For the past five years, we have very year, I do battle with invasive plants. My implemented our goals of strengthening programs and the property includes a field populated with an old financial structure to support them. Now we are updating E apple orchard and surrounded by woodlands. our strategic plan to meet our latest challenges and maxi- Like many species of wildlife and birds, the invasives love mize new opportunities. the “edge” habitat. When my wife and I bought our land At a recent CFPA retreat, we decided to redouble our 15 years ago, the canopies of all of the trees were infested efforts to focus on our greatest asset—the 825-mile Blue- with thick bittersweet and grape vines. The understory was Blazed Hiking Trail system. On the one hand, this unique dominated by winged euonymous (burning bush) and bar- Connecticut treasure is well established and meticulously berry thickets that suppressed the natural vegetation. CFPA President maintained by a virtual army of dedicated CFPA volunteers. David Platt That first year, I spent many long weekends chopping On the other hand, the trails face constant threats from down these vines and clipping and pulling the understory sprawling development. We need more and more resources plants. Those that have experience with this know that this is nasty to combat these mounting threats. The key to funding this battle lies work. The vines always seem to snag various body parts at exactly the in our development efforts, including expanding our loyal membership wrong time and place. One invariably emerges from this war battered base. So we are rededicating ourselves to attracting new members who and bruised by the myriad of prickered brambles and poison ivy. love the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail system and to raising the funds nec- Hauling or burning the unwieldy debris presents opportunities for essary to protect it. more sweat and wounds. This strategic effort has generated some terrific ideas for new ini- My reward is a yard that is relatively free of invasives and that is mak- tiatives. We would like to hear your views, as our members, for what ing a comeback as native grasses and seedlings fight for their space. we do well and what we can better. Please visit our Web site at This delicate balance requires constant attention. Each year I knock www.ctwoodlands.org and contact us with your thoughts. It is not an back the invaders. The lesson that I have learned is that results require exaggeration to say that we can only go as far as our members will a good plan and persistent hard work. take us in building on our accomplishments. Thank you for your sup- A good plan and persistent hard work—not unlike the planning we port. are undertaking here at the Connecticut Forest & Park Association. Advertising About Connecticut Forest & Park Association and Rates for Connecticut Woodlands Magazine Connecticut Woodands Connecticut Woodlands is a quarterly magazine published since 1895 by CFPA, the private, non-profit organization dedicaed to conserving the land, trails, Half page: and natural resources of Connecticut. $180 per issue Members of CFPA receive the magazine in the mail in January, $600 yearly (four issues) April, July, and October. CFPA also publishes a newsletter several times a year. Quarter page: $90 per issue For more information about CFPA, to join or donate $300 yearly. online, visit our newly expanded website, www.ctwoodlands.org, or call 860-346-2372. Eighth page: Give the gift of membership $60 per issue in CFPA over the holidays. $200 yearly Contact Jim Little at Design services available 860-346-2372 for special promotional membership gifts. for a fee. 4 CONNECTICUT WOODLANDS Winter 2009 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE REVERSE THE BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNITY
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