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<a href="../201502/40147.html">previous message in thread< --001a11c3234c46fc23050f7953f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 A quick check of the DNR website shows their definition of a clearcut is: a forest harvest where less than 60% of the area is sufficiently occupied with trees taller than 1.3 meters ( http://novascotia.ca/natr/strategy/clear-cut-definition.asp). 1.3 meters is not a very tall tree. As much as clearcuts bother me, what is almost as bad is when they come back a few years later and log the 20 metre wide strip they left along the wetland. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > I might start the discussion of clearcutting, on Sundays or other > days, by looking at the definition of clearcutting. DNR recently provided a > definition, extremely generous to the forestry industry... > Dusan Soudek > > > On February 19, 2015 at 10:16 AM Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Quoting David Patriquin <davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca>: > > > > > It could be constructive to carry on a similar discussion about > > > forest management policies in Nova Scotia, as academic discussion > > > and debate of this topic seem to be totally lacking. > > > > * well, we can start with the premise that given the character of the > > Acadian Forest, proper forest management calls for no clear-cutting, > > anywhere in Nova Scotia, ever. > > > > QED? > > > > fred. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > > Mudpuppy Night - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > > study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm > > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > > "[The] two fundamental steps of scientific thought - the conjecture > > and refutation of Popper - have little place in the usual conception > > of intelligence. If something is to be dismissed as inadequate, it is > > surely not Darwin [, whose] works manifest the activity of a mind > > seeking for wisdom, a value which conventional philosophy has largely > > abandoned." Ghiselen, 1969. Triumph of the Darwinian Method, p 237. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > --001a11c3234c46fc23050f7953f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>A quick check of the DNR website shows their definiti= on of a clearcut is: a forest harvest where less than 60% of the area is su= fficiently occupied with trees taller than 1.3 meters (<a href=3D"http://no= vascotia.ca/natr/strategy/clear-cut-definition.asp">http://novascotia.ca/na= tr/strategy/clear-cut-definition.asp</a>). 1.3 meters is not a very tall tr= ee. </div><div><br></div><div>As much as clearcuts bother me, what is almos= t as bad is when=C2=A0they come back a few years later and log the 20 metre= wide strip they left along the wetland. </div></div><div class=3D"gmail_ex= tra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Dusan= Soudek <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" ta= rget=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquot= e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol= id;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> =C2=A0=C2=A0 I might start the discussion of clearcutting, on Sundays or= other days, by looking at the definition of clearcutting. DNR recently pro= vided a definition, extremely generous to the forestry industry... </div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">=20 <div> =C2=A0=C2=A0 Dusan Soudek </div></font></span><div><div class=3D"h5">=20 <div> <br>> On February 19, 2015 at 10:16 AM Fred Schueler <<a href=3D"m= ailto:bckcdb@istar.ca" target=3D"_blank">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>> wrote: <br>>=20 <br>>=20 <br>> Quoting David Patriquin <<a href=3D"mailto:davidgpatriquin@y= ahoo.ca" target=3D"_blank">davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca</a>>: <br>>=20 <br>> > =C2=A0It could be=C2=A0 constructive to carry on a similar= discussion about=20 <br>> > forest management policies in Nova Scotia, as=C2=A0 academ= ic discussion=20 <br>> > and debate of this topic seem to be=C2=A0 totally lacking. <br>>=20 <br>> * well, we can start with the premise that given the character = of the=20 <br>> Acadian Forest, proper forest management calls for no clear-cut= ting,=20 <br>> anywhere in Nova Scotia, ever. <br>>=20 <br>> QED? <br>>=20 <br>> fred. <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------ <br>> Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad <br>> Mudpuppy Night - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm" tar= get=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm</a> <br>> Vulnerable Watersheds - <a href=3D"http://vulnerablewaters.blog= spot.ca/" target=3D"_blank">http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/</a> <br>> study our books - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm= " target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm</a> <br>> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 <br>> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W <br>> <a href=3D"tel:%28613%29258-3107" target=3D"_blank" value=3D"+1= 6132583107">(613)258-3107</a> <bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://istar.ca" tar= get=3D"_blank">istar.ca</a>> <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" target=3D"_= blank">http://pinicola.ca/</a> <br>> "[The] two fundamental steps of scientific thought - the c= onjecture=20 <br>> and refutation of Popper - have little place in the usual conce= ption=20 <br>> of intelligence. If something is to be dismissed as inadequate,= it is=20 <br>> surely not Darwin [, whose] works manifest the activity of a mi= nd=20 <br>> seeking for wisdom, a value which convent