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This man is the "David Attenborough" of America. His enthusiasm and love for his subject is contagious.

This channel is a hidden gem.I've learned so much about the forest from you Tom.

"The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep..."

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Noting that the small hemlocks could actually be older trees was amazing. Happy hermit thrushes.

what a dream it be to work in the field of ecology.

Great video! I could listen to Tom all day, sharing his amazing wisdom with us! I will be keeping an eye out for the book

Such a wealth of information. Taking into the woods what I’ve learned from these videos has enhanced my understanding and appreciation of the beauty of our woodlands.

Blown away hearing how old those flat-topped hemlocks can be. It's wild to think that such a small, thin growth could actually be a 100 year old tree.

Mycorrhizae fungi wow. completely mind blowing facts. Conifers wouldn’t do with out. Root grafts so cool. Beavers targeting unwanted species!. 100 yr old 2” diameter trees!. Bark is key. Spiral direction genetic. Spiral density environment. Wind stunted trees! All this I didn’t know. Thank you Tom. So cool!

I hiked pisgah ridge trail two days ago and just now stumbled on this video. I graduated with a bs in ecology this year and I’m getting more out of these videos than I did from most of my professors. Thank you and I will be watching all of your videos!!!!!

Red Green is still at it I see……. I’m just teasing, I really enjoy these videos. Born and bred in New England, wouldn’t dream of living anywhere else. After all, we do have the BEST terrain for riding dirt bikes!

Okay, you just astonished me. Interspecies root grafting & sharing energy with a cutoff stump? Wow!

I could watch stuff like this all day long. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful video! I could listen to Tom talk for much, much longer!

Ive been enjoying these videos. I just bought undeveloped land up the side of a mountain in Schuyler, NY. with soil over clay. Very private, and out of the way. It’s over a third planted white spruce timbers, has an overgrown field, streams, an old apple orchard area, and hardwoods. Species variation is surprisingly limited and repetitive (but there’s NO poison ivy!). A lot of invasives have taken over. There’s massive amounts of honeysuckle, clamitis vine(sp?), multiflora rose, hawthorn, several invasive succulents, etc. There’s also huge amounts of goldenrod, jewelweed, and a few plots of Joe Pie Weed. I’d like to carefully cull the invasives and plant smart native species to increase diversity without destroying the layer of root-held soil. It would be a terrific project for an ecologist if anyone is interested. Terrific venue for KZfaq videos-showing start through to finish. My background is in biology, with an ecological emphasis, and I plan to work on it on my own, regardless But a team of strong and knowledgeable folk would be wonderful (I have limited strength), and would share the joy of the woods-it’s beautiful, and has many different kinds of landscapes.

Great video Tom! What a gem you are!!

This Tom Wessels guy is the Carl Sagan of forestry...

this man is a king. thank you for the content, legend.

Thank you so much ! I could have listened to you for hours , so informative . Mr Wessels you are a true teacher !

If you ever go to Connecticut, Devils Hopyard State park in East Haddam is a must see. If you go through the main gate, at the bottom of the hill there is a gated road that goes to the right. Take a walk in and its an ancient hemlock forest. It continues on the other side of 8 mile river. Prepared to be amazed

That's the hugest birch I've ever seen! Can't wait to get a copy

Tom Wessels is so amazing that his videos actually make me tear up with emotion about how beautifully complex and interesting biodiverse ecology is.

Fascinating!!! I wished I lived in new England. Need to find one of your brethren in Florida. Thank you!

If you ever get to visit Beartown State Park in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, you will be absolutely enthused. It's a geologic masterpiece, draped with old tree, moss and ferns, large crevasses everywhere.

What a nice surprise this morning to see this new video. I could listen to Tom for hours, I find everything he says so interesting!

Here in northern West Virginia, there is a 60 acre old growth forest we like to visit; your videos have shown us much to look for. Thank you.

Respect from Quebec. Our landscape is seemingly near of yours and your reports are such interesting!!! Such a wisdom you share with us! Thanks you very much, Denis P

Tom is a fabulous presenter.

Awesome video Tom. Didn't know about spiraling. The ~90% genetic distribution is fascinating, and how lightning follows it. Long time fan of Reading the Forested Landscape. Now I'm really looking forward to New England's Roadside Ecology. And as a local New Englander, I'm also looking forward to seeing the sites for myself. Though it may take me a year or two to go to all thirty. Keep up the great teaching! I hope to make it to one of your guided walks soon.

Fascinating information with a delightful presentation.

Magnificent seminar... I have an old 85 acre farm in Western NY and am seeing many of these features here. Thank you !!!!

Thank you for sharing and caring ❤

When i was in college in the 1980s, one of my professors told me about 'Reading the New England Landscape' and i ran out and bought it. I still have it after reading it many times. I treasure it! My family's land is along the Connecticut River about an hour north of you. We've been buying up the land over the years and now we can walk for two miles along the river and still be on the land. It's very beautiful with some old growth on it as well. I've been told that we have some of the tallest white pines on record. Now, i own a native plant nursery in California, but i love going back to our place in NH/VT every summer.

You have more knowledge of trees then I do about my first born.

Wonderful - can't wait to read through your new book!

Thank you Tom, Ray, and New England Forests!

There is a small "woods" on my property in North Carolina. Now I understand it better. Thank you.

Oh wow, the size that yellow birch! Fantastic

All I can say is thank you for sharing your wealth of information with the world.

Amazing information and well presented. My new favorite KZfaq channel.

Tom - You are as amazing as these trees!

Great Tom. Good to see you publishing new stuff. Thank You 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

Thanks 👍

Grew up in New England, now reside in the south west. While it is wonderful out here, certainly do long for the density of the New England Forrests. What a great channel.

so glad i discovered your channel! fascinating!

What a great channel. A wealth of knowledge and wisdom you don’t find very often. Thank you Tom for taking the time to share your knowledge

Tom I just found out about this video posting, super great 👍 documentary, I just started watching your video today, you do a great job 👏

I had no idea you could even read a Forrest like a book not to mention all the stories the Forrest has to tell. Brilliant.

That's so interesting about the beavers. Such a fascinating critter.

The trees of New England were also cut to build ships for the British Navy. The shipyards of New England produced 10 ships a month at one time and each ship took 2,000 trees to build.

more!!! more series featuring this guy!

Tom is a treasure.

Thank you Ray and Tom this is wonderful. Always a joyous day when a NEF film is uploaded!

I’m so curious about the information exchanged among the forest floor network. Also how cute are those porcupine! Love this channel, I’ve lived in New England /hiking most of my life here and I’m learning so much.

Thanks Tom, it is always a pleasure to watch one of your videos.

I think my wife and I should give each other that book for Christmas.

I recently bought your book and I am enjoying it quite a lot and have been to 4 different Sites thank you. I've always enjoyed the forest and hiking but now knowing what I'm looking at and how to decipher the forest has been a real benefit to me

Thank you. Having grown up in New England woods, this is a delightful way to revisit and learn more about the places, trees and plants I will always love.🌸🐌💙

Fantastic videos. Thanks for posting.

I love these videos and have learned so much about the New England forests that have known all my life. Grateful to the filmmakers and Tom for taking the time to do this!

Love your videos! I wish you lived in Missouri. We have some nice forests here and I've been interested in trees all my life. Thanks again.

I love learning fragments of the knowledge Tom possesses, would love to see him do a video in Maine

so so good! amazing information thanx for sharing!

The book sounds awesome, gotta find one for Pennsylvania like that.

Tom Wessels is awesome!

Great job New England Forests! 👍

Dude should auction off "Walks with Tom". I'd pay good money to spend an afternoon in the forest learning from this guy.

As always, incredible insight by Tom. Thank you for continuing to post interesting content.

Please post link to book when available. Very excited visit these sites with family!

Your videos and knowledge fund is so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

The next best thing to walking and interpreting the landscape with you, Tom. Thanks for this!

Thank you SO much for posting these videos. I learn more here than I did in Forestry school.

Great videos. Bet his classes are highly enriching.

Great video ! thanks for posting .

Hutannya lebat dan suasananya sejuk dan terjaga dengan baik.

As an avid hiker, your videos have increased my enjoyment out of hiking even more now that I have some ideas about what is happening in the woods around me. These videos are always fantastic and Tom does a great job of explaining these concepts in a way that is easy for all to grasp. If you ever make your way into the west, I'd love some videos about the ecology of say California forests, where I primarily hike.

Fascinating. Tom Wessels is a fountain of knowledge on trees.

I love these videos!

I would love to go for a walk in the woods with this guy.

So glad i subscribed :) i needed something awesome to watch :)

Intriguing and useful content to that is well explained. I wish someone would make videos like this for the southern woodlands

Absolutely marvelous! Pisgah is one of my absolutely favorite walking spots, and Tom Wessels has really done it justice. So much to see!

Beautifully done! Thanks!

It's joy walking in the woods with you. Thanks.

Great video! Thank you!

What a great education I just got. Great job Tom. Thank you !

That's just what I need! Look forward to getting it!

Amazing information again. Thank you for your vids.

Incredibly well explained!!

Very informative and entertaining as well. I cannot remember the last time I have seen such a spectacular mountain laurel bloom. Awe inspiring this season.

Incredible video. Thanks for everyone’s work.

does anyone know, wether I can find any youtube channel or video repertoires dealing with european forests like New Englands Forest does? The quality of this service is astonishing, keep up the good work!

Discovered a peculiar grove of trees here in western Washington recently. Not only have I lived in and frequented the region all my life and have never seen these but I'm having a tough time identifying them. The most notable characteristics are that they are deciduous and the very uniform and striking grey bark with a hint of blue that is fairly smooth. They are absolutely lovely. Anyone have any guesses to what they could be. Some extra detail is that they are not typical to this area but being that they are in an old growth protected area I do believe them to be native. Any guesses as to grey barked trees of this region would be helpful, I just don't even know any grey species here TBH. Thanks, Great video, I love these and happy 4th. :)

I love this channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, Tom. My walks through my local woods are much richer experiences after finding your videos.

Never considered that porcupines were as dependent on trees as beavers, what an interesting fact. Also, going into fantasy, the Lord of the Rings books include many accounts of trees communicating with each other and helping each other. The interconnected root system is quite interesting.

love your channel :)

Thank you for this excellent video 👍🌳

This channel reminds me of reading Ken Weber in the providence journal every saturday morning when I was a kid

Book is on the way, thanks!!!! Great learning.