Eastern White Pine- the Tree Rooted in American History
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Documents the eastern white pine tree's central role in the founding and building of America, its logging history, and its current importance to wildlife and humans.
Why was the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) at one time the most valuable tree in the world?
Why did the king of England establish the American colonies?
What led up to the American Revolution?
What is the tallest living thing in the northeastern U.S.?
What did primeval white pines look like when the Pilgrims landed?
What is the value of the eastern white pine to wildlife and humans?
Why is walking in a pine forest good for your health?
These questions and more are answered in this documentary film by New England Forests (www.neforests.com).
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Correction: the film states (at 13:42) that in 1691, King George reinstated the Bay Colony charter; it was King William III who reinstated it in 1691.
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This is by far one of the best and most important videos on the internet today. What an incredible job New England Forests did in putting this together.
Nathan, how could I possibly disagree?? 🙂
Thanks for those very kind words!
-Ray
not a whisper of this information in any American history course in my grammar or high school. glad I dropped by, thanks for the vid and the history lesson
In Michigan it's beat into our head, with a stick
I'm Canadian and proud, but I learned more American history in school. Why?
Sounds like you went to a crappy school then. Every other school taught this.
@marcus cicero maybe you were asleep
No offense but why would a high school teach a class solely on a tree, in the grand scale of things there are so many more things to cover
So true.......once I enter the woods and come in contact with the big trees I can feel a calming effect. My stress and anxiety drop . Natures nerve medicine .....it's a wonderful feeling.
Great presentation. Thanks!
Wow, I consider myself a history buff but I learned a LOT about so many subjects. Absolutely a gem of information. Thank you so much for sharing, I enjoyed this immensely and have such a new appreciation for our eastern white pines !
Wow, my daughter, The Professional Forester in Canada, sent me this. I am proud she has chosen a path in Forestry. 🌲I'm only halfway through and am amazed at all the history you cover. I only pray there is not a test at the end.📚✏
Fantastic way to spend an hour! Certainly better than corporate television. Just, now I need to get out in the forest.
Thank you for your time and energy on this.
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I AGREE
I got chills towards the end of this video. I grew up in coastal Rhode Island....the abandoned rail spurs and forested areas had that magical 'Tolkienesque' allure to them. The Freetown State Forest was my first introduction to 'old growth forests'......and I can honestly say that you can feel the ancient 'vibe' of places like this just by standing still for a moment.
My camping adventures usually had me end up in run of the mill, 'normal' state and federal parks.....but the few times I have been graced to spend in actual, old growth forests, I wouldn't trade for all the money on Earth. Those times are gone....It is left to those that come after to decide whether those places and the wonders that they hold are , not just to survive, but to inform those that come after us.
The segment with Bob Leverett at 47:30 perfectly captures everything I love about old growth pine forests. I had the good fortune and pleasure of meeting the man himself at Mohawk Trail State Forest 2 years ago. Happy trails, Bob!
Such a great clip! Super jealous by the way, I'd love to meet him. By the way, if you'd like to see some footage of the 'big leagues' lol, I just filmed a video in an old growth pine stand. Cheers!
The quality of this documentary is so over the top! What an excellent work, and I had basically no idea.
I have 66 acres in NW Michigan. Was timbered sometime in the 1800s. The property now has hundreds of huge white pines. I will never cut them. They are too beautiful.
Couple hundred years since last harvest? Must be nearing in on Old Growth status again, right? If so, that’s pretty cool!
You have a nice channel. Great history lesson. Glad I stumbled onto your channel.
Thank you for this fantastic documentary. I had no idea the white pine played this role in America’s history. It has also given me a greater appreciation for the large one that lives in the center of my back yard here in NW CT, as well as that feeling we all get when walking through these peaceful places. Thank you!
Thank you for explaining why I have always loved white pines, insisted on them as christmas trees, wanted to plant them in town but learned enough to know they would be limited. Loved walking along black Moshanon on the thick carpet of needles, those vivid orange mushrooms just away from shafts of light where little ferns, thick branchy moss. I spent hours in awe, need to go back.
Walking among the elders.A magic that's never lost.
My gf is from the Midwest we stayed in Concord Ma a few years ago on a trip drove through Carlisle MA. She still talks about the trees. She was really in awe looking out the window of the vehicle saying WOW! When she describes it to others she says it was like being in a movie.
Brilliant ! Walking through the forests of Nova Scotia i have always been in awe of the great majestic pine. After watching this I feel even more of a reverence for this species. Thankyou.
In my youth I spent quite a bit of time in the forests of Upstate New York and would occasionally come across massive specimens of the White Pine. They are beautiful trees.
Not sure how I stumbled across this but it was very enjoyable and educational.
Thank you very much.
Well, do stumble in again soon, there’s more coming! 😁
I never knew the early settlers had trail cams! I have watched this short doc a dozen times, better every time
Just recently discovered this channel.
You guys make the best videos I've watched in the last 10 years.
Thank you for hours of enjoyment and knowledge!
This is a highly intelligent discussion. While I knew a lot about the logging traditions, I hadn't seen how critical white pine was for nations depending on masts for sailing ships for commerce and war.
I'm thankful to have stumbled upon this and the effort that went into making it.
Incredible documentary. I had no idea pine trees are so very special. Always thought it was about hardwoods. Wish my history, and biology, classes were half as interesting. Thank you!
Nothing like a walk in the forest.
Fantastic video! I live near Tamworth. Those pines are breathtaking
Favorite video Ive ever watched. I was and am still, to some degree in a quandary of who i am and what I want my legacy to be. This video Really helped me reconcile my career in arborculture with my interest in American history and revolutionary sentiments. In maintaining, climbing and pruning white pines and other trees, I am paying homage to the legacy of the pioneers who risked their repute, and potentially lives, for the right to harvest the product of the land which they sacrificed so much to procure. While the catalyst of America's inevitable next faction will not be dispute of tree ownership, the brash independence with which Ebenezer Mudgett and his henchmen defended their property, livelihood, and more fundamentally, their freedom, offers much for present-day Americans to emulate.
Wow, best tree history doco on the web! This is the why our history happened the way it did, not just the how, a major piece of the puzzle. So well done, no fluff, BS, poor attempts at humor, or crappy music, or wasted words. Thank you thank you thank you! I learned more from this film than the last forty history films I watched.
Can't ask for a better review than that... thank you!
@@NewEnglandForests You are most welcome. I almost never compliment anyone, so every word is in all sincerity.
Born an raised in Adam's MA with the monster record setting trees , this is the way life wad meant to be. Walking up to monster trees which do a great job of setting you in your place, a subtle reminder to respect mother nature.
I don't mean to be a jerk to the old timer at the 50 plus minute mark, but I cannot help but believe he can be found walking these hills completely bare assed talking to him self in deep conversation...one hell of a happy soul who's found his place
Wow!! Love the fact about triangular town "squares". So true about New England!!
Edit: it was needed when moving big trees that were chopped down
The "oval" in our town Milford NH is really a triangle. Wonder if that is because of the logging trade.
After watching this, I feel very lucky my parents bought a cabin in Minnesota back in the 70s and we in turn bought it from them. For some reason those big white pines were never cut down on that point over the lake where our property is. We don’t know if winter set in too fast and they didn’t wanna come back just to get them or if they forgot about them or what happened but we sure happy they missed them.
Thank you so much for this Share !
We just acquired a small plot of old groth forest on the boarder of VT/Qc and we certainly feel the magic of this forest the moment we step in it.
THAT is exactly why we acquired this land.
We have not yet decided on how we want to manage it ( eco tourism ect.. ) but we do want to have more people experience it and enjoy its presence.
Thanks again for putting words, history and perspective on the majestic Eastern white pin!
On vacation years ago we went to Maine to camp and see the magnificent forests. When we arrived all we could see was a disgusting garbage dump for miles. The major part of the forest had been totally destroyed by paper corporations to make toilet paper.
sometimes we could not find even one tree. All the majestic trees that were world famous. This is what happen with greedy corrupt politicians and soulless corporations. The same has happened in Michigan and other areas that once had monumental forests. West Virginia is being turned into a vast wasteland . The great hardwood forests have been wiped out by the coal corporations and corrupt politicians. The magical mountain streams have been polluted with tailings from the mines. One of our most beautiful and richest states now has the most poor people and the Appalachian mountains are being dynamited and bulldozed just so a very few can become even richer. Its true, no other place in the world can match the variety and beauty of the Appalachian hardwood forests. It is all being destroyed fast just so a group of soulless politicians can say how great they are. Now the once abundant variety of wildlife is dwindling and turning quieter each hour. How great is capitalism?
Thank you so much for this video. This is possibly my favourite yt video of all time.
Thank you very much for these videos! I have learned so much and I look at trees and the forest landscape in a whole new way!
Being able to regularly go out into the woods alone is a wealth. I spent my teenaged years wandering through a virgin wetland forest that just happened to be basically off my back porch. Never knew what I had until I moved away.
Eye opening doc for a european to watch
We cut a 43 inch diameter yellow pine on our farm in South Georgia that was only 57 years old, after we counted the rings. You will not get that kind of growth in New England. 52:41
I love this film--It is a compliment to the book, White Pine by Vietze. Great visuals and reenactments! I love that you ended the film with the spiritual, mental health, and aesthetic value of our White Pine forests. So often this is missed in favor of dry concepts such as ecosystem. However, all living things need White Pine forests (and forests in general), including humans. So tragic that our Old Growth forests are gone. Where did you find the White Pine shilling sample, by the way? Fascinating!
I really wanted to buy a worn white pine shilling at my coin dealer. Only 4 thousand dollars. They are higher online. I had to pass.
Laurie, I didn’t have a shilling, just obtained a photo of one.
This was excellent
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for producing it.
This is one of the most well put together documentaries I have ever seen!
this is so comforting and interesting
Funny, I'm kind of a history buff. I know more than most people. (That's not saying much.) lol
I did NOT know anything about the importance of the White Pine and its history.
Amazing!
Thank You
I have planted many white pines in my life, many other species as well, oh do I know about mortality, should they grow to 50 feet in my lifetime. Still, though I will not live long enough to appreciate their mature majesty, I will keep going, keep planting as long as God gives me the strength. I visit old growth areas from time to time, to rejuvenate my conviction that I wish the next generation to enjoy the fecundity that old growth forests give to the natural world!
I'm a tree hugger and the TREES are our reason for being able to breathe, I owe my life to the Forest and the Good Lord.🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🙏
My first known ancestor arrived in the New World 400 years ago in 1623. The settlement area they were assigned to had bad water & poor soil. After 2 years all but my ancestor, an Anglican minister, & the blacksmith returned to England. My ancestor looked for a location with good water & soil & built a cabin on what is now Boston Commons. He obtained ownership of 800 acres there. But his act of kindness in inviting Puritans from another failed settlement to winter there as they waited for a ship to come in the spring to return survivors to England was betrayed by them threatening his life & stealing his land because he refused to become a Puritan. He fled to Rhode Island. Descendants of his only son were manufacturers of ships in Maine (because of the availability of wood for the purpose) & many still reside there.
I was not aware of this history when my family was transferred at the pleasure of the government to several states where I planted hundreds of the beautiful White Pine seedlings on our acreage for windbreaks & screens. Your video has made me realize that White Pines have been a personal part of my family's history all this time. Thank you!
Yes, I learned a lot! The 1734 Mast Tree & Pine Tree Riots were something I'd never heard of, but important to how we got our country and our Constitution.
Will never forget you my friend.
I have always loved white pines. For a few years as a child I slept on the side of our house that had large white pines. The wind in the white pines whooshed peacefully.
Stockbridge arbor student at Umass, love your channel.
Thanks Nate... best of luck with your schooling and career.
Such an amazing documentary -- the white pine stands that I encounter upstate New York are so enjoyable and this information makes them all the more so.
Outstanding video.
I wish they would also do a video on the American Chestnut and the Tulip Poplar of Eastern United States.
I own 34 acres in the Heart of West Virginia with many different trees and good habitat for lots of animals including Black Bears and plenty of white tail deer and wild turkey.
Sometimes the bears come down to the house to visit but they don't stay long. They stay up high and the deer like it down lower near the creek.
We love our forest and the plants and animals that God supplied.
Why didn't I learn about this is SCHOOL?!?!? Nice informative and interesting video. Thank you.
That rd sign duck pond and mast rd is about 2 miles from my house. Neat too see.
Now here in Newfoundland it's illegal to cut a pine tree. Whether dead or alive.
What’s the reason for that?
@@NewEnglandForests Cut to near extinction unfortunately. We only have a few species and the pine was the only one that was of any real value. There were no commercially viable farms. So every man worked in the fishery all year and in the woods all winter. Both put the pine in demand. Our anthem mentions "pine clad hills" but I can't remember the last wild pine I've seen. I knew our little island would be mentioned in a documentary on the pine, even if they're currently scarcer than hen's teeth haha
Fantastic film -- thank you!
I appreciate to learn about
The white pine tree in
New England States.
Great video mate.
OMG that was FANTASTIC!!!
Outstanding video packed with priceless information. The knowledge that makes up a significant part of our true American history.
superb documentary...lovely photography..
Thanks for the video gives me an idea of the 50 Jeffrey pine trees that I’ve grown from seed and what they will be in the Height through the various years! Never to be cut down! 👍
When your pines get above 50 foot or so, climb up them and thin the tops out.
That'll stop much of the high winds that easily uproot shallow rooted trees, like pines.
Have a nice day.
Awesome, always enjoyed my time living and running in the forest
I live in SE massachusetts and have just one 100+ 3foot wide white pine on my property and it would cost me $5000 to get rid of it. My how the times have changed.
Get RID of it ??? Quick, where’s my heart medicine? 😱
@@NewEnglandForests i would never!
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
Great video well done good story should be shown in schools
Thank you for another beautiful video. What an incredible history of the white pine tree!
Very interesting history of the New England lumber industry
Great documentary! Thanks.
Excellent, thank you for that.
We live in a white pine forest in Rhode Island that also happens to be a bird sanctuary. 3,000 acres.
Loved this. Learned so much. Thank you for posting this. I had to share it with 2 Facebook groups that I manage.
Thank you for spreading the word, Linda... that's appreciated!
-Ray
I grew up playing under these trees in New Brunswick,I miss the wind whispering in the branches !
comprehensive and intelligent presentation! I will use the information you all have complied to teach others...
The tallest white pine officially recorded was 247', Marathon, NY
Thank you for filling in the blanks in my understanding of American History.
This was covered in my history course in middle school. 40 years ago.
All they teach in school now is how evil America is
They taught us good information in the 60's &70's.
Today America is in an educational decline.
This was very well made! You deserve more views for sure.
My granddaddy said they they used to have this tree growing the size of small redwoods on the Mississippi, then the timber barons cut them down and they never grew that big again
Amazing! Thank you!
This is my new favorite channel on RUclips.
Just bought a sawmill and this documentary is like a stack of buttered pancakes in my brain
Those golden needles are phenomenal in the garden!
Great video thank you.
Such a delightful and informative video. You do a great job of projecting love of the forest, thank you for sharing!
Thankfully we now realize our Forest, and the White Pine, are worth perserving.
In the 1980s I bought a book on American forests, mostly strip-cut ones at that point. In the back of the book, they had estimates of the remaining standing amounts, in board feet, of the major tree species. I also have a copy of a 1900 Sears catalog. The catalog listed the number of board feet of lumber of six species that Sears kept in their warehouse in Chicago. From the back of the book on forests, I added up the board feet of those six species that Sears used to warehouse. The number I got was equivalent to only one-fifth of the volume of lumber Sears used to have on hand.
Wonderful! Thank you. Shinrun Yoku.
Awesome videos yous guys do. Thank you for the knowledge. I'll pass it onto whoever I can.
Best wishes.
Good work. Thanks from Philadelphia
Well done film, except that they forgot to mention the benefits of pine leaf tea!
Funny you should mention pine needle tea Lynn... we did make that available, along with homemade cookies sprinkled with pine needles, at some of our local screenings, courtesy of Dr Susan Masino. We also had white pine essential oil fragrance wafting thru the theater air. It was a great success.
Thank you for commenting.
Very beautiful video. And I want to say one beautiful thing to you:Prophet muhammad says that breaking tree's branches is like breaking angeles wings! The best words about the trees.
Street signs; Mast Road intersected by the Duck Pond Road is in Westbrook, Maine.. That area was known as the Blackstrap because from the bay huge white pines towered over everything looking like a black strap
We haven't learned to reconcile the economic pressures and the environment issues very well. Programs like this help though.
Great video! Grew up close to a stand of old white pine. Spent many an hour in there as a kid. The town was Weymouth. Wonder if those pines were Weymouth Pines.
When hiking in the Oswegatchie Wilderness (northern NY State) as a kid, more knowledgable family members (tree types) pointed out a tremendous trunk of a “virgin white pine” that towered above everything else. Polished grey wood trunk of a dead white pine. Incredibly tall, had tremendous presence. The implication was that this was a big deal; now I know more about why that was.
Again an amazing documentary!
Great to see the natural and cultural history of such an important tree species examined in an hour long feature!🙏
Thank you Peter. There really is no other American tree with such an important history.
Great video! It's interesting when you state that the early Settlers faced "perils unknown" you show a wolf picture. I doubt that wolves ate many Settlers. What perils did they actually face?
Imagine yourself living in the crowded hold of a wooden sailing ship for many weeks on the sea. If you survived that and landed on the shore of an unfamiliar, virtually undeveloped, wild land, you’d now have to find a way to find or build shelter, while at the same time finding food for every meal. Everything requires constant, hard labor with limited, simple tools. You have to gather firewood constantly. You are very likely to contract a disease, or suffer an injury, with little or no medical help or medicines. Even a simple scratch can become infected and kill you. You have to get a family farm going if you want to eat, which is highly labor intensive. Then the weather, insects, and herbivores may destroy your crops; what do you do then? Wolves and other predators are a constant threat to your livestock, which you depend on for food. Women may die giving birth. Any sickness or injury can prevent you from doing the daily work you must do to just survive. There is little, if any, help available to you , since everyone who may be nearby has the same problems. Conflicts with native people is another potential issue.
Most of us today are so spoiled by technology and our high standard of living, and are so far from self-reliance that we’d likely collapse if confronted with the challenges the early settlers faced.
A wonderful video of new England history told in a way that you can see the way that it was then the way people had to live and work and the way it got out of control all the way through to Minnesota excellent job it is thanks for your sharing this ronrdzl
fantastic! great stuff! how tv should be! thank you :)
Thank you!
Such a wonderful video my friend! I learn so much from your videos. I recently posted some short videos featuring OLD GROWTH WHITE PINE in my most recent videos. Cheers my friend!
W.O.- - thanks very much for that, and for your work too. Hopefully viewers will be inspired to want more old forests protected. Long live old growth!
@@NewEnglandForests Absolutely! I always end up coming back to your content as it is magnificent! Long live the old growth forests!
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