Arborglyph

Arborglyph

Arborglyphs are tree carvings made in the bark of Aspen trees by Basque and Irish shepherds throughout the Pacific Northwest United States. They have been documented in areas between northern California and Boise, Idaho.

A project run by the USDA Forest Service in 1997 to document many arborglyphs in the Fremont National Forest of Oregon is documented [http://www.passportintime.com/summaries/97/or97a_sheep.html here ]

Researchers in Boise, Idaho have also been documenting Arborglyphs in their local area, as reported [ [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060804/480/b775b4618d9647ed94116f7e00a739b9 John Bieter, the executive director of the Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies at Boise State University, inspects an Aspen] ]

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