I have some links that I would like to share with you so you can learn more about Native American Basketmaking and Black Ash.
http://www.basketmakerscatalog.com -Basket making supplies, tools and information.
http://basketmakers.org/topics/bymaterial/blackash/blashgenerindex.htm - Information on Native black ash basketry, supplies, contacts, tips, etc.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/basplant.html - Basketry; philosophy, plants and environment.
http://forestry.mtu.edu/kidscorner/humans/baskets.html - Looks like a USDA website. I am flattered as two photos that were taken by me are featured here, one of Mark Bisonette of Lac Courte Oreilles Wisconsin and of Mary Adams and Florence Benedict of Akwesasne working on splints.
http://www.modelforest.net/nnews_e/eomf_e/2001_10_01e.html - Ontario Model Forest newsletter website featuring a recent black ash workshop hosted by the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment in July 2001.
http://www.glifwc.org/pub/fall00/basketry.htm - GLIFWC website describing previous training and workshops that were hosted in Leech Lake, MN.
http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1572_3628-44736--M_2002_7,00.html - Michigan Natural Resource Department alert on Emerald Ash Borer – Look out for it; it is becoming a threat to black ash.
http://plants.usda.gov/index.html - USDA, NRCS Plants Database; provides description of black ash and its relationship to wetlands.
http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu - The book, Handbook for Black Ash Preservation, Reforestation/Regeneration, I coauthored is featured here (Propagation protocol for black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) (Les Benedict, Richard David; Fall 2003; 4(2):100-103.)) I am honored to have the book featured here. Thank you Kas Dumroese and Tara Luna for your assistance.
http://rangerschool.esf.edu/bridgen/Research%20stuff/research.htm - Dr. Mike Bridgen, SUNY-ESF website featuring black ash projects he has been instrumental in.
http://www.alcoa.com/massena_operations/en/environment/million_trees.asp - Alcoa corporate description of hardwood wetlands project I was contracted to do in 2003.