Backcountry Bonsai blog - Yamadori

What respect I had for the guy was pretty much flushed down the toilet with that self righteous, ignorant post. It's pretty clear that he holds a lot of the bonsai community in deep contempt, in my opinion. From what he and his supporters have posted, it's also pretty clear most of them have very little actual experience with actual collecting or collectors.

Without going into the tedious environmental claptrap that followed the post--here's Farr's FB post headline posted along with Dan's article:

"An appaling promotion of high alpine destruction from a backwards organisation. Shame, Shame, Shame."

Your gracious response is probably wasted on those people.
 
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Dan,

FWIW, I think you and Steve represent the best ideals of responsible collection and perform a service of providing a small number of American yamadori. Very valuable for American bonsai scene.

Good collection is easy to define: collect legally, make sure your collected trees can and will survive, collect small quantities of trees, no rare/endangered species and leave no footprint. I've seen your trees for sale, healthy and more than reasonably priced.

(Here in the Mid-Atlantic this year we'll collect some old landscape material as well as a small number of native hornbeams, blueberries, invasive wisteria, barberry and euonymus hopefully witchhazel and serviceberry. We'll be on private land with permission.)
 
For you newbies out there considering collection--This kind of anti-collection hysteria is the primary reason to collect responsibly and follow the rules. You are being held to a high standard. Don't give ignorant anti-collectors any fuel for their fantasies. Get permission, don't dig in restricted areas and for god's sake don't be an idiot. Most of that goes without saying.

This kind of thing is why I get offended when someone posts "I don't need to get permission to collect that tree." There are more than a few fanatics out there who couldn't be happier to see everyone's ability to dig a tree out of a ditch, or a mountain go away...
 
The first time I went collecting in a national forest, I was told to drive in 20+miles to where a power line right of way went thru. It was the only place I was allowed to collect with my permit. The drive to that little area went thru dozens of huge clear cuts and a maze of logging roads. The irony lives within me to this day.
 
When looking for collecting locations years ago I called many NFS offices. The most common "No" answer was: "We don't allow plant collection, it interferes with the timber contracts." If you're looking for "destruction" look no further than the last time you bought lumber to work on your house. (Unless it was "certified" I suppose.)
 
Dan W. said:
Here are the two trees featured in the most recent post:

'Porky'


And the Juniper
Click to expand...

Nice!

But NASA called....
They want their pot back!

Every day you are not eaten, is a good day for me bro!

Sorce
 
Thanks Sorce, those are good days for me too! :)

Lol!! The pot is actually mica, but Steve put's reflective bubble-wrap around some of the darker pots to keep them from heating up in the sun.
 
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