Unveiling Fall Foliage

But yeah, so last Tuesday, what happened? Or this Tuesday? What was Tuesday? It was the first day of fall.

Yeah, that's true.

Yeah, so that's

autumn began on Tuesday.

And this episode of the From the Forest, we're going to talk about fall foliage.

So we usually do these every year.

It's just a great, great episode to have.

And Remind people how maybe the reasons why trees change color, the different colors you might see in certain species.

We'll get into that.

And then also what conditions create the best foliage, seasonal conditions.

And maybe we might have those this year.

Yeah, I remember I took dendrology in college, and the professor said, Don Leopold, he's been on the radio show once before, but he would always kind of give us exactly the dates when he felt it was going to be the best fall foliage for the Syracuse area, according to him, based on things he was looking at, temperature data, moisture data.

But, yeah, he would give us a certain window.

He goes, well, you've got to go out and check it out because it's going to peak during this time.

And I think some local news organizations would also reach out to him and consult with him so they can report on it as well.

But, yeah, definitely peak fall foliage certainly draws a lot of people to the area to view it.

Hike a nice mountain and just see the range of colors you can see in the Catskill area here.

It's pretty breathtaking.

I don't know if you've grown accustomed to it or used to it, it just blends into the background, but certainly I'm seeing as I'm driving a lot of trees starting to change color for all sorts of reasons.

Yeah, they're definitely starting to change around here.

Red maples usually go first.

And I've noticed up huckleberry.

It's very distinct.

I think the biggest thing I can see right now is you can distinctly tell where the oak trees are because they're still glossy green.

And they're very they have like their it's I don't know, almost spongy modeled like green up on the hillside.

But yeah, so last Tuesday, what happened? Or this Tuesday? What was Tuesday? It was the first day of fall.

Yeah, that's true.

Yeah, so that's

autumn began on Tuesday.

And this episode of the From the Forest, we're going to talk about fall foliage.

So we usually do these every year.

It's just a great, great episode to have.

And Remind people how maybe the reasons why trees change color, the different colors you might see in certain species.

We'll get into that.

And then also what conditions create the best foliage, seasonal conditions.

And maybe we might have those this year.

Yeah, I remember I took dendrology in college, and the professor said, Don Leopold, he's been on the radio show once before, but he would always kind of give us exactly the dates when he felt it was going to be the best fall foliage for the Syracuse area, according to him, based on things he was looking at, temperature data, moisture data.

But, yeah, he would give us a certain window.

He goes, well, you've got to go out and check it out because it's going to peak during this time.

And I think some local news organizations would also reach out to him and consult with him so they can report on it as well.

But, yeah, definitely peak fall foliage certainly draws a lot of people to the area to view it.

Hike a nice mountain and just see the range of colors you can see in the Catskill area here.

It's pretty breathtaking.

I don't know if you've grown accustomed to it or used to it, it just blends into the background, but certainly I'm seeing as I'm driving a lot of trees starting to change color for all sorts of reasons.

Yeah, they're definitely starting to change around here.

Red maples usually go first.

And I've noticed up huckleberry.

It's very distinct.

I think the biggest thing I can see right now is you can distinctly tell where the oak trees are because they're still glossy green.

And they're very they have like their it's I don't know, almost spongy modeled like green up on the hillside.