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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01CD6348.4B190B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dusan & All, July 16, 2012 Yes the Province should buy this land but at a price set by Danny = Williams or equivalent. These vulture companies are really pirates and = should be treated as such. Much of this land was bought during the depression, probably for = little more than a song. So Resolute should get a song adjusted for = depreciation of the dollar. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dusan Soudek=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:00 AM Subject: [NatureNS] BUY BACK THE MERSEY rally July 17 BUY BACK THE MERSEY RALLY Hubley Community Hall 4408 St. Margaret's Bay Road Tuesday, July 17th at 7pm. Call 823-1404 for more info Together we can save it! Now that they have closed the Liverpool mill, current Bowater-Mersey = owners Resolute Forest Products of=20 Quebec, Nova Scotia's single largest private land owner, wants to sell = their entire 220,000 hectares of forest lands!=20 But to whom? To foreign interests who will clearcut ruthlessly and = then chop up the remains for the highest=20 bidders? No way!! Nova Scotians are rallying - these lands are our = birthright! For a hundred and fifty years large=20 corporations have made money off our forest. Now suddenly with pulp = prices down, they are headed for=20 greener pastures. Well, their misfortune can be our gain. With grit = and determination we can take back what was=20 always ours. Let's BUY BACK THE MERSEY!=20 If that land gets sold, Nova Scotians ask, can we still hunt back = there? Can we fish? Can we access our camps?=20 Can we canoe, kayak, or run our ATVs? How about the incredible network = of roads, trails, lakes, streams, and=20 portages some of which have been in use since before Columbus? How = about the forest resource itself? Will=20 small mills and forest operators be able to manage the lands - = generations of Nova Scotians have earned their=20 living back there. ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS: YOU BET!=20 A growing alliance of NGOs and passionate champions of these lands, = the St. Margaret's Bay Back Country Coalition, the BBCC, with the land's = fate clearly in the balance, has been hard at work poring over maps, = preparing briefs and presentations, lobbying government, and building a = case. Roughly the lands can be saved in thirds: - SAVE 1/3 AS A PROTECTED AREA - MANAGE THE REST AS A WORKING FOREST FOR, WITH, AND BY NOVA SCOTIANS - USE ALL THE LANDS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, FOR HUNTING, FISHING, AND = RECREATION No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virus Database: 2437/5135 - Release Date: = 07/16/12 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01CD6348.4B190B20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DISO-8859-1" = http-equiv=3Dcontent-type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19258"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Dusan & All, = =20 July 16, 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Yes the Province should buy this = land but=20 at a price set by Danny Williams or equivalent. These vulture companies = are=20 really pirates and should be treated as such.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Much of this land was bought = during the=20 depression, probably for little more than a song. So Resolute should get = a song=20 adjusted for depreciation of the dollar.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan=20 Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 16, 2012 = 8:00 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] BUY BACK = THE MERSEY=20 rally July 17</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT size=3D+2><B>BUY BACK THE MERSEY = RALLY</B><BR>Hubley=20 Community Hall<BR>4408 St. Margaret's Bay Road<BR>Tuesday, July 17th = at=20 7pm.<BR>Call 823-1404 for more info<BR><BR><B>Together we can save=20 it!</B><BR></FONT><FONT size=3D+2><BR>Now that they have closed the = Liverpool=20 mill, current Bowater-Mersey owners Resolute Forest Products of = <BR>Quebec,=20 Nova Scotia=92s single largest private land owner, wants to sell their = entire=20 220,000 hectares of forest lands! <BR>But to whom? To foreign = interests who=20 will clearcut ruthlessly and then chop up the remains for the highest=20 <BR>bidders? No way!! Nova Scotians are rallying - these lands are our = birthright! For a hundred and fifty years large <BR>corporations have = made=20 money off our forest. Now suddenly with pulp prices down, they are = headed for=20 <BR>greener pastures. Well, their misfortune can be our gain. With = grit and=20 determination we can take back what was <BR>always ours. Let=92s BUY = BACK THE=20 MERSEY! <BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=3D+2>If that land gets sold, Nova = Scotians=20 ask, can we still hunt back there? Can we fish? Can we access our = camps?=20 <BR>Can we canoe, kayak, or run our ATVs? How about the incredible = network of=20 roads, trails, lakes, streams, and <BR>portages some of which have = been in use=20 since before Columbus? How about the forest resource itself? Will = <BR>small=20 mills and forest operators be able to manage the lands - generations = of Nova=20 Scotians have earned their <BR>living back there. ANSWERS TO ALL THESE = QUESTIONS: YOU BET! <BR><BR>A growing alliance of NGOs and passionate=20 champions of these lands, the St. Margaret=92s Bay Back Country = Coalition, the=20 BBCC, with the land=92s fate clearly in the balance, has been hard at = work=20 poring over maps, preparing briefs and presentations, lobbying = government, and=20 building a case. Roughly the lands can be saved in thirds:<BR>- SAVE = 1/3 AS A=20 PROTECTED AREA<BR>- MANAGE THE REST AS A WORKING FOREST FOR, WITH, AND = BY NOVA=20 SCOTIANS<BR>- USE ALL THE LANDS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, FOR HUNTING, = FISHING, AND=20 RECREATION<BR></FONT><BR><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2012.0.2195 / = Virus=20 Database: 2437/5135 - Release Date: = 07/16/12</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01CD6348.4B190B20--
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