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website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) of th --Apple-Mail=_2BFDB4A1-6838-42CD-AA5C-2D9194F3DF93 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The Mi'kmaq way of harvesting is to take the outer bark and only a = portion of the bark from the living tree. If the tree is dead on the = ground then all of the bark can be taken (usually for canoes). For = "craft" ( I use the term Art ) or medicinal purposes, you would only = take about a foot or two of bark. Never more and again it is of the = outer bark. The tree continues to live on but you can see where the = bark has been taken off.=20 Mr. Abolit: A culturally modified tree is one that has had parts of it = used by humans but remain alive but it shows how the humans have used = it. Trees cut vertically with a powersaw do not show how the tree were = used by humans. Perhaps it is a form of blazing that could have been = done by anyone. Based on your brief description, I would say that it = would not qualify as Mi'kmaq CMT's but was some sort of vandalism. I don't worry too much about birch bark harvesting and whether it can = kill the tree or not. The logging, electricity, construction, pulp & = paper industry are more efficient at killing trees. Now if you can = excuse me, I have to go check the local flyers if there are any sales of = 2X4's at the local lumber stores plus I need to pick up some Kleenex = tissues, paper towels and toilet paper for the house. Tuma=20 On 2013-07-05, at 11:28 PM, darrell@abolitphotos.ca wrote: > =20 > =20 > Just past Whycocomagh there is a little park on the right, the white = birch there are all cut vertically with a powersaw. > =20 > Culturally Modified Trees? > =20 > =20 > =20 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > =20 >=20 >=20 > On Fri, 5 Jul 2013 14:20:23 -0300 (ADT), Dusan Soudek = <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Tuma, > is there a tradition among the Mi'kmaq of "marker trees?" Or a = cultural memory of such trees? Such culturally modified trees had their = trunks partially broken, usually at two locations, with the result that = the trees remained alive but with a Z-shaped trunk. There are all kinds = of references to "marker trees" on the internet, but they are almost all = from the U.S....=20 > Dusan Soudek >=20 > On July 5, 2013 at 1:32 PM Tuma Young <tumayoung@me.com> wrote: >> 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. >> =20 >>=20 >> On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd < nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: >>=20 >>> The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine = (Summer '13) caught my attention:=20 >>>=20 >>> "It's white birch bark harvest season! We need to buy bark from = thousands of trees in June and July!"=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom the contact email I tracked down the company website:=20 >>> http://www.birchbarkvt.com/=20 >>>=20 >>> 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.=20 >>>=20 >>> Nancy > =20 --Apple-Mail=_2BFDB4A1-6838-42CD-AA5C-2D9194F3DF93 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"><base href=3D"x-msg://17/"></head><body = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The Mi'kmaq way of harvesting = is to take the outer bark and only a portion of the bark from the living = tree. If the tree is dead on the ground then all of the bark can = be taken (usually for canoes). For "craft" ( I use the term Art ) = or medicinal purposes, you would only take about a foot or two of bark. = Never more and again it is of the outer bark. The tree = continues to live on but you can see where the bark has been taken = off. <div><br></div><div>Mr. Abolit: A culturally modified = tree is one that has had parts of it used by humans but remain alive but = it shows how the humans have used it. Trees cut vertically with a = powersaw do not show how the tree were used by humans. Perhaps it = is a form of blazing that could have been done by anyone. Based on = your brief description, I would say that it would not qualify as Mi'kmaq = CMT's but was some sort of vandalism.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't = worry too much about birch bark harvesting and whether it can kill the = tree or not. The logging, electricity, construction, pulp & = paper industry are more efficient at killing trees. Now if you can = excuse me, I have to go check the local flyers if there are any sales of = 2X4's at the local lumber stores plus I need to pick up some Kleenex = tissues, paper towels and toilet paper for the = house.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuma </div><div><br></div><div><br></= div><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 2013-07-05, at 11:28 = PM, darrell@abolitphotos.ca= wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;