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Hi Richard, May 26, 2010
The owner or owners of this woodland area have kindly allowed the public to go there for many years and it would be expected, in return, that the public should not interfere with legal activity by the landowner. [I don't btw know any of the landowners, other than by possible Surname].
The best way to save this land for public enjoyment would be to negotiate purchase with the owner and. of course, pay as much as he/she could expect to earn by mining it.
The best way to protect such landscape in general would be to diminish the huge demand for sand and gravel most of which is for frivolous purposes.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: Richard Stern
To: NatureNS
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:37 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Concern re: Palmeter Woods
Many of you will have sen references here to the area of woodland in W.Kentville known unofficially as Palmeter Woods. It lies in what used (?) to be the Kentville Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary. There are a number of walking trails, used by local hikers, dog-walkers, X-country skiers and naturalists. There is a huge, ugly open sand pit to the west, behind the property "Seven Bridges". As Andy Dean pointed out the other day, there is currently some earth moving equipment digging up the ground in 1 area in there, and the beautiful old oak tree that several people designated one of NS's important trees in a recent survey, has had a number of limbs chopped off to allow access.
After a number of local enquiries I have learned that they are testing the sand in there to see if it is of enough commercial value to extract it (which would presumably mean chopping down the woods and digging another huge sand pit if it is). This is not within the Bird Sanctuary - it's on private land , and is posted "Private Property". The public are presumably allowed to use the area with their unwritten consent.
I have little experience with dealing with this kind of issue, and furthermore I have a personal conflict of interest in that I do not wish to get on the wrong side of the land-owner, whom I know, for totally unrelated reasons. Also, I wouldn't want the land-owner to prevent access to the area because he is annoyed with environmentalists, but ..... is there any way for an environmental group, or the public, or whoever, to monitor this, and is there any way to preserve these woods and prevent them being turned into an environmentally disastrous sand-pit?
Richard
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Port Williams, NS, Canada
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sternrichard@gmail.com
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Richard,
May 26, 2010</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> The owner or owners of this woodland area
have kindly allowed the public to go there for many years and it would
be expected, in return, that the public should not interfere with legal
activity by the landowner. [I don't btw know any of the landowners, other than
by possible Surname].</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> The best way to save this land for public
enjoyment would be to negotiate purchase with the owner and. of course, pay as
much as he/she could expect to earn by mining it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> The best way to protect such landscape in
general would be to diminish the huge demand for sand and gravel most of which
is for frivolous purposes. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sternrichard@gmail.com href="mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard
Stern</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Concern re: Palmeter
Woods</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Many of you will have sen references here to the area of
woodland in W.Kentville known unofficially as Palmeter Woods. It lies in what
used (?) to be the Kentville Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary. There are a
number of walking trails, used by local hikers, dog-walkers, X-country skiers
and naturalists. There is a huge, ugly open sand pit to the west, behind the
property "Seven Bridges". As Andy Dean pointed out the other day, there is
currently some earth moving equipment digging up the ground in 1 area in
there, and the beautiful old oak tree that several people designated one of
NS's important trees in a recent survey, has had a number of limbs chopped off
to allow access. <BR><BR>After a number of local enquiries I have learned that
they are testing the sand in there to see if it is of enough commercial value
to extract it (which would presumably mean chopping down the woods and digging
another huge sand pit if it is). This is not within the Bird Sanctuary - it's
on private land , and is posted "Private Property". The public are presumably
allowed to use the area with their unwritten consent.<BR><BR>I have little
experience with dealing with this kind of issue, and furthermore I have a
personal con