While walking over to meet VA3GFD for coffee this am I noticed something missing on the Science Museum Property….
Those little patches that are not green are where 5 Ash trees (antenna supports) used to be… After walking across the Museum Grounds I noticed there are about 9 or so spots where trees used to be…
This is not the Museums fault… as the City of Ottawa has an issue with ash beetles … and in the near future we will have fewer Ash Trees… The above link is from my City Councillor Peter Hume. His website describes the problems fairly well and as all the examples I will give you today are from his ward… Which is also my ward…. It makes sense to use local material…
The above pictures were taken on the grounds of the Canada Science and Technology Musuem in Ottawa
This picture looks a lot different now….
But the problem is not only on the Museum Grounds… its all over the City…
The above pictures were taken less than a 5 minute walk from my front door…
But its fairly easy to tell the ones that have to be removed….
“X” marks the spot….
So there you have it… on the Musuem Grounds they have lost lots of good (were good) operating positions. Field Day for the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club and the upcoming Lighthouse Events will be a challenge if nothing else… My walkabout today found lots of tree stumps where antenna supports (trees) used to be…
So if you hear of this problem becoming an issue in your local area TAKE IT SERIOUSLY as once it starts it really balloons into a much bigger problem…
Thanks go to Peter Hume for the information on his website…
It hits close to home for different reasons but…. There are 5 Ash Trees within falling distance of my front door… One used to support one leg of my G5RV and more recently the end of my W3EDP antenna. Good thing I switched to the vertical because I think if we get the usual amount of wet heavy snow and some freezing rain thrown in for good measure …. There is an excellent chance of me blogging how the tree missed the front window…. I hope…
73bob
ps….
Sorry about the feeble attempt to tie this in with Amateur Radio…. but it is a problem that has an effect on my local amateur radio operating …. There are a few Red “X”s in my local parks and it has me wondering how many Red “X”s are across the City’s parklands…
also… Normally I disable the link on the pictures but the size on the blog does not do them justice in this case so if you click on the pictures (if I did it right) you should be able to see the full size pics that I took rather than the blog sized pics…
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, Amateur Radio Portable Operations, Canada Science and Technology Museum, City of Ottawa, Emerald Ash Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer, lighthouse event, Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club
