NFR 500 Year Old Tree Falls

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Biggest tree in Belfair came down....bummer.

A Belfair tree more than 500 years old comes down: 'It's a loss for humanity'

In the time since the Douglas fir fell Tuesday, a stream of local residents have come to visit a grand tree regarded as a community landmark.

www.kitsapsun.com

 

[Griswald]

That is a bummer. Hoping it was a hazard-otherwise I see no reason for its removal.

 

[bennysbuddy]

what a waste of a tree,

 

[Hem]

Fascinating to think about what took place under the branches of a tree so old.

 

[wanderingrichard]

It didn't fall in the forest. So, did it make a noise ?

 

[Old Man]

Some of you think I'm so old that I was there at the planting of said tree. Hell, I think I planted it.

 

[wanderingrichard]

So, your social security number is only one number different than the national stock number for dirt ??

 

[Stonedfish]

Wonder if they hired the local tree poachers to bring it down since it landed on someone else’s property? That take some STIHL…..
Have saw, will travel!
SF

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Long ago I watched a hawk land on the branch of a Bristlecone Pine tree in the Eastern Sierras. That tree was (literally) likely about as old as the pyramids of Egypt. As I sat on my tailgate drinking a beer...Me and the hawk and the tree had a moment.

 

[bennysbuddy]

Long ago I watched a hawk land on the branch of a Bristlecone Pine tree in the Eastern Sierras. That tree was (literally) likely about as old as the pyramids of Egypt. As I sat on my tailgate drinking a beer...Me and the hawk and the tree had a moment.

I've had that happen hunting a few times, had a legal animal in the scope & put the rifle down and walked away

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

The Bristlecone is not only the oldest tree on earth, it is the oldest living thing on earth. That's saying something in my book. A four wheel drive vehicle can show you these trees. IMHO it's worth the effort.

 

[Jim F.]

That is a bummer. Hoping it was a hazard-otherwise I see no reason for its removal.

This!

 

[Squamishpoacher]

Seems pretty senseless. Trees like that are part of the landscape for more than human beings and homes to many things. What was the point?

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

Agree with all the sentiments - from reading what little information there was on this, it does seem pretty senseless. Hope the landowner had a good reason, not a just a "because I can" reason.

cheers