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Succinctly put, Nick.
I agree that Nature Nova Scotia should have a policy statement on
biomass burning in the province. At this point the NNS board is well
aware of the situation and will likely discuss the topic at its meeting
in Halifax this weekend.
In the meantime, if this subject is of concern to you, let your local
naturalist clubs know. They are the backbone of Nature Nova Scotia
(naturens.ca):
Blomidon Naturalists Society (www.blomidonnaturalists.ca/)
Cape Breton Naturalists Society
(www.facebook.com/CapeBretonNaturalistsSociety)
Friends of the Pugwash Estuary (www.pugwashestuary.com/)
Halifax Field Naturalists (www.halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca/)
Nova Scotia Bird Society (www.nsbirdsociety.ca/)
Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society (www.nswildflora.ca/)
Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (TREPA)
(www.trepa.com)
Young Naturalists Clubs of Nova Scotia (ync.nature1st.net/)
Doug Linzey
(in the Arlington woods)
BNS representative to the NNS board
On 08-Jan-16 12:01 PM, Nicholas Hill wrote:
> "when we cut the forest and ploughed our prairies, we never knew what
> we were doing because we never knew what we were undoing" (Wes Jackson
> citing a Wendell Berry letter)
>
> But we do know what we are undoing and if we don't given the thesis
> David Patriquin has reported has not been acted on, a minor paper I've
> done, a bunch of work Bill Freedman did, numerous examples..some in
> our own province..of overharvest transforming landscape into lower
> equilibrium states (e.g. shrub barrens here and in NL), the much
> heralded (globe and mail.."osteoporosis of forest soils") impact of
> acidification on calcium all over eastern Canada (John Smol's lab at
> Queens), then we choose not to know.
>
> We are dealing with a serious threat to Nova Scotia forests and we can
> choose not to think about it and get in the car and go to a token
> intact area but as naturalists, we need to take a united position,
> stop the doubt on the big stuff, and provide leadership. We have no
> grants to protect, we need to firmly state that we are for a
> responsible use of forests that takes a multigenerational view of
> impact. Until there is a process in place that ensures that a
> landscape is not operating in the red in terms of soil nutrient and
> structure and in terms of habitat for key species, we need to put a
> moratorium on large-scale biomass burning to generate electricity in
> Nova Scotia.
>
> Nick
>
> <snip>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Nicholas Hill <mailto:fernhillns@gmail.com>
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto: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 electroconvetrer losing 70% of its energy in conversion
> and that calcium and habitat 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 stand 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
>
>
<snip>
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