[NatureNS] birch bark harvesting ad

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Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:32:06 -0300
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The Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousands of years for =
wide variety of uses and there is a method in which you use to properly =
peel the bark without killing the tree.  In fact, I will be going out =
this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by =
traditional Mi'kmaq healers.  Generally speaking the tree suffers no =
damage and quickly heals.   Trees that have been harvested are  called =
CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this also applies =
to longer growing species.  CMT's have recently become the subject of =
archaeological and anthropological research in BC.  Locations where =
CMT's are found have formed the basis for protection against logging, =
clear cutting or biomass harvesting.


On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:

> The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine =
(Summer '13) caught my attention:
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> "It's white birch bark harvest season! We need to buy bark from =
thousands of trees in June and July!"
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> =46rom the contact email I tracked down the company website:
> http://www.birchbarkvt.com/
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> I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree. The =
website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) of =
this activity.
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> Nancy


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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Diso-8859-1"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The =
Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousands of years for wide =
variety of uses and there is a method in which you use to properly peel =
the bark without killing the tree. &nbsp;In fact, I will be going out =
this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by =
traditional Mi'kmaq healers. &nbsp;Generally speaking the tree suffers =
no damage and quickly heals. &nbsp; Trees that have been harvested are =
&nbsp;called CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this =
also applies to longer growing species. &nbsp;CMT's have recently become =
the subject of archaeological and anthropological research in BC. =
&nbsp;Locations where CMT's are found have formed the basis for =
protection against logging, clear cutting or biomass =
harvesting.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, =
nancy dowd &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>The following text of =
an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine (Summer '13) caught my =
attention:<br><br></div>"It's white birch bark harvest season! We need =
to buy bark from thousands of trees in June and July!"<br>
<br></div>=46rom the contact email I tracked down the company =
website:<br><a =
href=3D"http://www.birchbarkvt.com/">http://www.birchbarkvt.com/</a><br><b=
r></div>I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree. =
The website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) =
of this activity.<br>
<br></div>Nancy<br></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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