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On 3/24/2011 11:47 AM, Christopher Majka wrote:
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> I encourage everyone to go to the CBC website where the story is posted:
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> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/03/24/ns-bancroft-forestry-hall-fame.html
* that's a pretty sketchy account. Are any of the "disharmonious"
e-mails on-line? We've had similar problems with foresters denying what
biologists think of as the basics of forest ecology, and I'd be
interested in seeing what was said here before commenting.
fred schueler
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> thoughts. Below is what I wrote in response to the story.
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> Cheers!
>
> Chris
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> Abruptly excluding Bob Bancroft from induction into the Nova Scotia
> forestry Hall of Fame is a terrible black mark on the Registered
> Professional Foresters Association. Bancroft is a highly respected
> biologist retired from 28 years service with the province's Department
> of Natural Resources, a 2007 Woodlot Owner of the Year laureate, the
> recipient of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists Merit
> Award, an expert in river restoration, and a respected broadcaster. To
> yank the carpet out from under Bancroft because of his outspoken
> advocacy on behalf of sustainable forest management reflects extremely
> poorly on the Foresters Association. Shame on them for their poor
> judgement. The Registered Professional Foresters Association Code of
> Ethics says (in part) that they are responsible to:
>
> (a) Advocate and practice good stewardship of forest land based on sound
> ecological principles in order to meet the objectives of the owner
> without compromising the opportunities for present and future
> generations in the use and value of the forest to society;
> (c) Provide factual and accurate information to advance public knowledge
> and understanding of forest policies, the practice of forestry and it’s
> function in society;
> (d) Maintain high standards of conduct in daily work and strive to raise
> the standards of practice;
> (e) Work in a spirit of integrity, honour, fairness, good faith and
> courtesy;
>
> This action calls into question their commitment to all of these principles.
>
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fred schueler
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