[NatureNS] Fundy gypsum

From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:19:55 -0400
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Nancy Roberts Design
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Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
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On 15-Nov-11, at 10:23 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:

> Hi Heather & all,                            Nov 15, 2011
>     It is unfortunate that anyone would be glad to see industry  
> close down especially one as harmless as gypsum mining. And forestry  
> need not be destructive and usually is not.
>
>     Compare the effects of forestry and other industry with the  
> impact of highways, paved parking lots and urban development. This  
> largely urban infrastructure has a huge impact relative to  
> industries like Gypsum mining and forestry.
>
>     I recenty read Catch me a Colobus (Gerald Durrell, 1972) and he  
> cites some roadkill figures with reference to Great Britain; 2  
> million birds per year and in a small area 3,014 hares, 5,377 hedge- 
> hogs, 11,557 rats, 111,728 birds, 32,820 amphibians. A comparable  
> insect count would be astronomical.
>
>     Every time a primary industry job is lost in rural NS we move  
> one step closer to all-round genuine hardship and complete disregard  
> of environmental considerations.
>
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Heather Drope
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:00 AM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Fundy gypsum
>
> Fundy Gypsum is closing down up in the Windsor area.. This was  
> according to an interview heard on CBC this am.That means the threat  
> to the wonderful lands on the Avalon Penn will be saved - for now.
> I am all for it but I think those of us who are glad to see industry  
> close down and our land saved need to come up with a replacement   
> industry that is favorable to our land. Economy is what keeps us  
> housed and fed and I always feel so darn sorry for those who lose  
> their jobs.
> We all complain about the forestry industry and mining industry and  
> what it does to our natural resources so we should put our  
> collective heads together and come up with some employment solutions.
> Heather in Halifax
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