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- 1Fallen red oak blocks road at Harvard Forest●If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? I bet this one made a sound.
A two-foot diameter red oak fell across Pierce Road in Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, prompting the Woods Crew to chainsaw it up and clear it from the road. The writer quipped that unlike the classic philosophical riddle about unheard falling trees, this one certainly made a noise, drawing amused engagement from fellow ecologists.