Talk:Converse Basin Grove

Other noteworthy large Sequoias here
Are there any other named trees, or measure reports, of Converse Basin ? --rosetta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.135.42.23 (talk) 11:28, 9 October 2018 (UTC)


 * I visited the grove this summer and did a lot of research since. Updates posted today including citations for the three notable trees -- Noble/Chicago Stump, Muir Snag, and the Boole Tree. Guywelch2000 (talk) 00:03, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Characterization of logging in the Basin
In reading “King Sequoia” by William Tweed (2016, Heyday and Sequoia College Press), the logging of Converse Basin cannot be characterized as “clearcutting”. That method would have meant all the trees af all species would have been cut. Because the largest specimens were too difficult to cut down and move, they were often left standing. That is not to say the great majority of the mature Big Trees were not removed—they were. It is an environmental tragedy—but it was not “clearcutting”. See page 82 for Tweed’s discussion of logging. In contrast, in coast redwood country post-World War II, clearcutting was the preferred method of logging. Pinotgraves (talk) 20:48, 1 March 2024 (UTC)