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Index of Subjects --94eb2c1bdae455443b054ee618b4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I run my owl route (Route NS#016) through an area north of Upper Stewiacke on the Pembroke Road. The cutting around that area has been intense, I implore anyone to look at the google earth imagery. No owls, I typically get one barred owl, it's never been a very populated route in the 4 years I've run it. Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > On 5/6/2017 5:52 PM, Donna Crossland wrote: > > It would seem that if we obtain consistently low numbers of barred owls >> in the clearcut landscapes compared to intact landscapes, then the owl >> census data may support what we pretty much already deduce using some >> common sense: barred owls and other owl species are forest dwellers and >> cannot thrive in the current harvest regime that has overtaken this >> province. >> >> In my opinion, it=E2=80=99s time to start using _years_ of bird data for >> something extremely useful: habitat protection, enhancing awareness of >> forest harvest impacts on a range of bird species, demanding a silent >> period for harvesting during nesting periods, etc. >> > > * somebody should do the GIS on this, and hammer the authorities with the > results. Owls are symbols of wisdom, so they'd be good totems for the fol= ly > of clearcut forestry techniques. > > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --94eb2c1bdae455443b054ee618b4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I run my owl route (Route NS#016) through an area north of= Upper Stewiacke on the Pembroke Road. The cutting around that area has bee= n intense, I implore anyone to look at the google earth imagery. No owls, I= typically get one barred owl, it's never been a very populated route i= n the 4 years I've run it.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Chris Kennedy in Da= rtmouth</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote= ">On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Fred Schueler <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca" target=3D"_blank">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>></sp= an> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;= border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On 5/6/2017 5= :52 PM, Donna Crossland wrote:<br> <br> </span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-= left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""> It would seem that if we obtain consistently low numbers of barred owls<br> in the clearcut landscapes compared to intact landscapes, then the owl<br> census data may support what we pretty much already deduce using some<br> common sense:=C2=A0 barred owls and other owl species are forest dwellers a= nd<br> cannot thrive in the current harvest regime that has overtaken this<br> province.<br> <br></span> In my opinion, it=E2=80=99s time to start using _years_ of bird data for<sp= an class=3D""><br> something extremely useful:=C2=A0 habitat protection, enhancing awareness o= f<br> forest harvest impacts on a range of bird species, demanding a silent<br> period for harvesting during nesting periods, etc.<br> </span></blockquote> <br> * somebody should do the GIS on this, and hammer the authorities with the r= esults. Owls are symbols of wisdom, so they'd be good totems for the fo= lly of clearcut forestry techniques.<br> <br> fred.<br> ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karsta= d<br> Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/" re= l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://karstaddailypaintings.b<wbr>logsp= ot.com/</a><br> Vulnerable Watersheds - <a href=3D"http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/" re= l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://vulnerablewaters.blogsp<wbr>ot.ca= /</a><br> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm"= rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm</a><br= > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<= br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"tel:%28613%29258-3107" value=3D"+16132583107" targ= et=3D"_blank">(613)258-3107</a> <bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://istar.ca" r= el=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">istar.ca</a>> <a href=3D"http://pini= cola.ca/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/</a><br> ------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --94eb2c1bdae455443b054ee618b4--
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