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<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </DIV> This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01D14A0A.2FDE4800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Never stop sifting and sharing, Dave. You contribute a lot. And while we may not always see eye to eye on every issue (What two people = ever do?), it=E2=80=99s very important to be able to agree to disagree, ami= cably and respectfully! J From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster Sent: January 8, 2016 11:21 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] Red Herring & Forestry Hi Nick & All, Jan 8, 2016 With respect to your first paragraph you know perfectly well that good = hardwood was in fact harvested for this purpose; foolish and destructive as= it surely was. For expansion of this see my e-mail of Mar 1, 2015. At leas= t now, so I understand, some quality logs are being set aside but the overa= ll operation, as I understand it, is far removed from acceptable. That mess was generated as a consequence of the usual; good intensions = gone wrong. "acting for our financial well-being" was not part of the plann= ing equation. But without doubt the harvesters were acting for their financ= ial well-being. The necessary ingredients for good resource management are open minds, = unbiased information, foresight, timely fine tuning and freedom from emotio= nal obstruction fueled by misinformation. Sifting through the huge "information" dunghill and extracting those sp= arse brown pearls of wisdom is a valid activity on Naturens and is one majo= r reason why I am here. It is a huge learning opportunity and a forum in wh= ich those brown pearls can perhaps become less brown. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message ----- From: Nicholas Hill <mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 7:50 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [NatureNS] Red Herring & Forestry Oh Jim, no one would be so stupid as to put good forest into a burner elec= troconvetrer losing 70% of its energy in conversion and that calcium and h= abitat from the forest floor. Now, there are ways to grow biomass but that too needs habitat planning. It sounds as if the Nova Scotia naturalists ..nature NS ..should take a sta= nd on how and when to use biomass before what is important to us is further= threatened by those who say they are acting for our financial well-being. = While this may be so, indiscriminate conversion of foresy biomass would be = doing our kids a disservice. Nick On Jan 7, 2016 5:14 PM, "Jim Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: I fear Mary is reading into =E2=80=9Cbiomass=E2=80=9D its harvesting and bu= rning, which I=E2=80=99m sure was not intended by David W. And yes to Mary= =E2=80=99s second sentence. from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: From: Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Red Herring & Forestry Date: January 7, 2016 at 3:50:03 PM AST To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca You lost me at: "Biomass, from forest or otherwise, is one potential way to reduce carbon f= ootprint so I think every effort should be made to foster and expand this a= s quickly as possible." I'm hoping you meant storing Carbon in biomass by leaving forests intact ra= ther than burning them...? But I fear not. With kindest regards Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. Queen Bee, Insect Recovery Project Owner, Remember Adventures Pedal Buggy & snowshoe rentals, picnics, great bird friendly coffee, breakf= ast & pasta, pollinator meadow, games & more!! (Open Wed to Sunday: 8:30 am) 365 Main Street & Station Road Trans-Canada Trail Tatamagouche RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org 1-902-657-0054 Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery On Jan 7, 2016, at 2:54 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wro= te: Biomass, from forest or otherwise, is one potential way to reduce carbon fo= otprint so I think every effort should be made to foster and expand this as= quickly as possible. No virus found in this message. 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