-MORR ST O O W P Post-Morrow Foundation FOUNDATION, INC. EWSLETTER volume 14, number 1 Summer 2010 Board of Directors N and Officers Bruce T. Wallace AMLET REES President, Director H T Thomas B. Williams Vice-President The Brookhaven Village Association (BVA) has been planting new trees around Director Thomas Ludlam the Hamlet for the last several years. You may have seen them. They usually have Secretary, Director two cedar stakes on each side to keep them upright and sometimes have a green Ginny Everitt water irrigation bag around them so they may be well-watered over time. More Treasurer, Director than 128 trees have been planted so far in the Hamlet. Norman Nelson Director Dorothy Hubert Jones You can see a map of where they have been planted and the types of trees at: Trustee Emerita http://www.brookhavenvillageassociation.org/treemap/BVATreeMap.htm. Faith McCutcheon Trustee Emerita About 100 years ago, James Post planted Norway maple trees along Beaver Dam Staff Florence Pope Road and other streets in the Hamlet. Recently they have been dying out due Administrative Assistant to age. Because of this loss of street trees , the BVA has undertaken to replace Kenny Budny them in order to keep the lovely, shaded ambience of our roadways. Facilities Manager Today , Norway maple is a frequent History of Post-Morrow invader of urban and suburban The Post-Morrow Foundation, Inc. is located in the Hamlet of forests. Its extreme shade tolerance, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. Its principal office is at 16 Bay especially when young, has allowed it Road, Brookhaven, NY 11719. Conceived by Thomas and to penetrate beneath an intact forest Elisabeth Post Morrow and estab - canopy. Research has recently shown lished in 1969, the Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of the that forests which have been invaded rural countryside character of the Hamlet and the surrounding areas. by Norway maple suffer losses in Through the acquisition of proper - diversity of native forest wildflowers ties, either by gift or purchase, the Foundation seeks to establish a compared with forests in which the nature preserve and sanctuary for the benefit and enjoyment of the canopy is dominated by native immediate community. The preser - species such as sugar maple. This is vation of Beaver Dam Creek, where the Foundation owns over 100 at least in part due to the dense acres, is a priority. The Post and Morrow families shade cast by Norway maples, and have had a long tradition of philan - thropy in the community. James H. the shallow roots, which compete Post purchased the land along with other vegetation. Carmans River, now known as Squassux Landing, which was later donated to the Brookhaven Village Association for use as a marina. The The BVA has developed a list of very land upon which the Brookhaven diverse trees for the Hamlet. This is Free Library is situated was another gift. Elisabeth Post Morrow contin - important because of the many ued the tradition of her father by donating various gifts to community diseases that afflict trees in our groups, mostly anonymously. It was the hope of the Morrows that this community. For example the woolly legacy be continued through the adelgid has attacked hemlock trees establishment of the Post-Morrow A White Oak on Beaver Dam Road. Joggers and bikers Foundation, Inc. enjoy the shade of this venerable street tree . continued on next page HAMLET TREES continued Two Sweet Gum trees and three Northern Red Cedars were planted this Sweet Gum trees and cedars being planted on Marydale Lane. spring on Marydale Lane. and only with a regimen of spraying do they remain for birds that migrate through our area and is a good healthy. Introduced from Asia in 1924 in the shade tree for our Hamlet streets. northwest , the woolly adelgid has spread throughout this area as well. Other pests include the asian The following information was taken from The longhorn beetle which attacks Oak trees, the emerald ash National Tree Benefit Calculator which is found on the borer (it, as well as the asian longhorn beetle , travels in National Arbor Day Foundation’s website; firewood and it is recommended that you not transport firewood from one location to another) and the birch Stormwater runoff (or “non-point source tree leafminer. Planting a variety of trees ensures that pollution”) washes chemicals (oil, gasoline, salts, etc.) if a disease attacks one tree , there are others that will and litter from surfaces such as roadways and parking stand . Diversity is important to insure healthy trees. lots into streams, wetlands, rivers and oceans. The more impervious the surface (e.g., concrete, asphalt, Trees are beneficial in so many ways. It is hard to rooftops), the more quickly pollutants are washed into imagine our world without them, but they are our community waterways. Drinking water, aquatic life threatened by many natural and human factors. and the health of our entire ecosystem can be Climate change has affected trees in our area and the adversely affected by this process. tree planting program has taken that into consideration as well . Trees act as mini-reservoirs, controlling runoff at the source. Trees reduce runoff by intercepting and holding The Black Tupelo is a tree that is commonly planted rain on leaves, branches and bark, by increasing by the BVA Tree infiltration and storage of rainwater through the Project. It is a tree’s root system, and by reducing soil erosion as beautiful tree they slow rainfall before it strikes the soil . especially in the fall when it One 2 inch diameter Black Tupelo tree will intercept displays lovely red approximately 87 gallons of stormwater in one year. and orange foliage. It provides nutritious fruit Black Tupelo leaves in autumn. Property values will One 2 inch diameter Black usually increase due to the There is a reason that we all had to tupelo will conserve 4 Kilowatt/ placement of trees along the memorize this poem in elementary school. hours of electricity for cooling street. Real estate agents have and reduce consumption of oil long known that trees can or natural gas by 2 therm(s). increase the “curb appeal” of Trees properties thereby increasing Air pollution is a seri - sale prices. This benefit is I think that I shall never see ous health threat that causes calculated by a tree’s LSA A poem lovely as a tree. asthma, chronic coughing, (leaf surface area). headaches, respiratory and A tree whose hungry mouth is prest heart disease, and cancer. One 2 inch diameter Black Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast; Over 150 million people live Tupelo will provide 86 square in areas where ozone levels feet of LSA. A tree that looks at God all day, violate federal air quality And lifts her leafy arms to pray; standards; more than 100 Home energy million people are impacted efficiency is increased by A tree that may in summer wear when dust and other strategically placing trees . In A nest of robins in her hair; particulate levels are summer, trees shading east considered “unhealthy.” We and west walls keep buildings Upon whose bosom snow has lain; now know that the trees can cooler. In winter, allowing the Who intimately lives with rain. mitigate the bad health effects sun to strike the southern side of pollution by absorbing of a building can warm Poems are made by fools like me, pollutants like ozone, interior spaces. If southern But only God can make a tree. nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide through leaves and walls are shaded by dense Joyce Kilmer evergreen trees there may be by intercepting particulate a resultant increase in winter matter like dust, ash and heating costs. smoke. In addition trees release oxygen through Trees modify climate and photosynthesis , thus lowering conserve building energy air temperatures which also use in three principal ways. reduce the production of Shading reduces the ozone . And finally trees amount of heat absorbed reduce energy use and and stored by buildings. subsequent pollutant Evapotranspiration converts emissions from power plants . liquid water to water vapor and cools the air by using Climate change is solar energy that would impacted by trees. They otherwise result in heating of reduce atmospheric carbon in the air. Tree canopies slow two primary ways. They down winds thereby reducing sequester or “lock up” CO2 the amount of heat lost from in their roots, trunks, stems a home, especially where and leaves while they grow, conductivity is high (e.g., which remains in wood A beautiful Copper Beech in the Hamlet. glass windows). continued on next page HAMLET TREES continued products after they are harvested. Secondly, trees near buildings can reduce heating and air conditioning demands, thereby reducing emissions associated with power production. Combating climate change will take a worldwide, multifaceted approach but planting a tree in a strategic location is one way we can each reduce our individual carbon “footprint.” One 2 inch diameter Black Tupelo tree will sequester around 25 pounds of CO2 in one year . See http://www.arborday.org/ for further information Many residents of the Hamlet have contributed to 2006 National Arbor Day Poster winner the tree planting program of the Brookhaven Village Mitchell N. Association. It was started under the leadership of Saks Middle School Lynn Brown who continues to develop the program. Anniston, Alabama Jeff Jensen, a local arborist and board member of the BVA also helps with the program. Local landscaper Brookhaven and Council member Connie Kepert ). John Beitel also helped initiate the tree planting In addition LIPA has a program to encourage program and plays an active role in the program today .