Where Have All the Acorns Gone?

This was posted in the December 8th E-Forester, the Society of American Foresters electronic newsletter. Very interesting reading, especially since Pennsylvania experienced a similar lack of acorn crop. Appears as though it was region wide.

November 30 – Long before people paved over the area, oak and hickory forests—and occasionally acorns—covered much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. This year, however, the acorns are hard to come by.

Washington Post, November 30 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112902045.html

Lancaster Online, December 3 - http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/230940