Radio Curious discusses redwood trees with 96 year old Jack Scott, who harvested old growth redwoods starting at age 15 in 1936.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
The California coastal redwood trees are some of the oldest living things in the world. Other than cutting the tree down, the best way to determine their age, or the age of any tree is with an incremental borer. Thatâs a long narrow tube twisted into the tree from the bark to the pitch at the center of the tree. A small finger-size âwooden rodâ is removed revealing one line which represents one tree ring is then removed and counted. Each tree ring represents one year of the treeâs life. Â
Though few old growth redwood forests exist now, some of the remaining redwoods are estimated to be close to 2000 years old. Although that is easy to say, it is beyond my ken to fathom. 96 year old Jack Scott of Ukiah, California, is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious. In 1936 before the era of the chain-saw, Scott harvested old growth redwoods beginning at 15 years old. Part of the harvest process was to push and then pull one end of a two-person hand-saw. When Scott visited the Radio Curious studios on November 12, 2017, we began when I asked him to describe working in the woods at that time.
The books Jack Scott recommends are those written by Louis Lamore. Â
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Jack Scott:Â Harvesting Redwood Trees, Without a Chain Saw
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