Towering Pine
The town of Hammond, Connecticut declared towering pines a wilderness preserve in 1968. At one time, towering pines was a beautiful two hundred acre wilderness preserve. It was home too many 250 year old White Pine trees, dating back too the 18th century. The trees stood up too 150 ft. tall with walking trails laid out for tourists and residential people. The trees also stood as a scientist resource for Botanists and science students. When Towering Pines Charter was written in 1968, it stated:
WHEREAS the residents of Hammond, Connecticut, have enjoyed the beauty and quiet of the area commonly called “Towering Pines” since the town’s establishment in 1814: WHEREAS: Towering Pines” has serves these same residents of Hammond as an important educational resource; WHEREAS “Towering Pines” has been Recognized as ecologically significant by respected authorities: WHEREAS on this day we celebrate not only our freedom as Americans but also those recourses hat renew us and thereby support our freedom; We, the residents of Hammond, Connecticut, Hereby decree “Towering Pines” a wilderness preserve to be maintained by ourselves, and not to be changed or altered by human hands, excepting the work necessary to the maintenance of its health and continued value.( 1968 Charter)
After reading all of this it failed to mention on thing. It did not mention what should happen if the forest is destroyed because of a natural disaster. Before I finished reading all the interviews and content on “Towering Pines” I was leaning toward not touching the forest, but after reading what people thought, I changed my mind. Towering Pines would help the community as a park, because it is no longer a tourist attraction, it would help the economy by giving local jobs, and would be safer then leaving the dead and dried up trees there when they could start a fire.
Towering Pines was a monumental part of the community. Overflowing amounts of Hammond residents revisit towering pines; Tourists came
WHEREAS the residents of Hammond, Connecticut, have enjoyed the beauty and quiet of the area commonly called “Towering Pines” since the town’s establishment in 1814: WHEREAS: Towering Pines” has serves these same residents of Hammond as an important educational resource; WHEREAS “Towering Pines” has been Recognized as ecologically significant by respected authorities: WHEREAS on this day we celebrate not only our freedom as Americans but also those recourses hat renew us and thereby support our freedom; We, the residents of Hammond, Connecticut, Hereby decree “Towering Pines” a wilderness preserve to be maintained by ourselves, and not to be changed or altered by human hands, excepting the work necessary to the maintenance of its health and continued value.( 1968 Charter)
After reading all of this it failed to mention on thing. It did not mention what should happen if the forest is destroyed because of a natural disaster. Before I finished reading all the interviews and content on “Towering Pines” I was leaning toward not touching the forest, but after reading what people thought, I changed my mind. Towering Pines would help the community as a park, because it is no longer a tourist attraction, it would help the economy by giving local jobs, and would be safer then leaving the dead and dried up trees there when they could start a fire.
Towering Pines was a monumental part of the community. Overflowing amounts of Hammond residents revisit towering pines; Tourists came