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Eastern - Finger Lakes - Central - Western - Downstate

The first task of a Survey Team is to find and document ancient forests.
Regional Survey Teams, with a Team Leader, Assistant, plus specialists, visit forests to collect data.

Eastern
formed November 2001
upper Hudson Valley, eastern Mohawk Valley, Schoharie Valley, Adirondacks

Central
formed May 2002
eastern Lake Ontario, western Mohawk Valley, Chenango Valley, Tug Hill Plateau

Finger Lakes
forming February 2003
Finger Lakes, southern Tier, Susquehanna Valley

Western
formed May 1986
western Ontario lakeplain, Niagara Frontier, eastern Lake Erie, Cattaraugus Valley, Allegany Mountains, Chautauqua

New York City
formed May 2002
Long Island, New York City, lower Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, western Connecticut

regions without a survey team
Catskills
Mid-Hudson Valley
northern Adirondacks
St. Lawrence Valley
Tug Hill Plateau
Susquehanna Valley east
Susquehanna Valley west
Delaware Valley

Team Leader is trained and equipped to measure trees, identify species, recognize old growth, and map sites.

Assistant Leader records and publishes data gathered, and reports results to this website.

Together, they plan and conduct forest surveys to bring back reliable data to document authentic ancient forests.


TERRA www.championtrees.org updated: 7/28/2005