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all,<o:p></o --001a114d42fc3a545d0555398ccb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, One mechanism for protecting amazing forest parcels, eg. old growth forest, on your property is through a private land conservation organization. Those groups sometimes have the ability to help landowners protect their property through a conservation easement - that's a legal document that maintains conservation values on a property "in perpetuity". Those charity groups who do this work have only a few staff on hand and limited resources. Putting a conservation easement on a property and maintaining that over time is a time consuming legal process that requires fairly substantial funding from the NGO to cover those legal fees, future monitoring of the lands, etc. That means these groups only have the ability to take on certain properties that they can get funding to take on. They usually have fairly strict criteria for being able to take on a property. Despite that, I'd encourage anyone with something exceptional on their lands that they'd like to see protected to contact an NGO such as the Nature Trust or the Nature Conservancy of Canada and explore what options might be possible. Just keep in mind that the funding might not be there and that the amazing folks who work for those NGOs are working really hard behind the scenes and so it may take some time for them to respond to your calls or emails. Katie Porter On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca= > wrote: > Hi Dave and all, > > I agree that we need more alternatives for saving our patches of land for > future generations. > > A number of years ago, on one my birding field trips, I came upon a > 95-year old farmer working a small patch of land, surrounded by a mature > Sugar Maple-Yellow Birch forest, in the high country of Pictou County wit= h > a beautiful view of the valley below. In the course of our conversation h= e > expressed cynacism about what his relatives would do with the land when h= e > passed away, and he lamented the fact that he knew of no way to ensure th= e > protection of his lifetime of work in caring for the land. Today that lan= d > is part of an industrial-scale wind energy facility. It makes me wonder > what Nova Scotia would be or could be like if all these patches were > preserved. The choice is not between progress and a romantic clinging to > the past as some might argue. Rather it is I believe, a choice between > seeing the land as a commodity for our personal use and profit, or as a > heritage, a work of art even, that we have a collective responsibility to > care for and enhance during the time we dwell on the land. > > John > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ > chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *David > *Sent:* July-25-17 13:20 > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Cc:* David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry > > > > Hi John & All, > > I suspect conservation, and nature worship, rank high in the minds of > most private woodlot owners. > > I was fully disgusted with NS Nature Trust when they sniffed 'We don'= t > protect that kind of woodland', when I made inquiries about protecting my > woodlot permanently from residential/commercial development. > > If you aim to protect 12% of an area then 78% is unprotected and what > good is a pail if 78% of the bottom is missing ? > > I never did read the second half of A Sand County Almanac, land ethic= , > because it was preachy and dry, but having read an old National Geographi= c > article about Leopold, I now realize he preached conservation as a way of > managing all landscapes. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "John Kearney" <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: 7/25/2017 12:09:33 PM > > Subject: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry > > > > School for Resource and Environmental Studies > > MES Thesis Defence > > > > GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA SCOTI= A > > > > By Andrew W. Kekacs > > > > *Abstract:* > > > > Private, non-industrial woodland owners provide more than half of the > timber used by Nova Scotia=E2=80=99s forest products industry. Research, = however, > suggests many of these owners do not consider income from timber sales to > be their primary reason for owning woodland. This study aimed to reach a > holistic understanding of their attitudes and motivations using walking > interviews on the owners=E2=80=99 woodlands and a grounded theory approac= h to > analysis, in which explanations of the phenomena under study are induced > from the data rather than being based on responses to survey questions or > derived from a priori hypotheses. Forest landowners interviewed for this > research were most concerned with the conservation =E2=80=93 and ultimate= ly the > conveyance =E2=80=93 of values that provide them with no immediate econom= ic > returns. The high value placed on these =E2=80=9Cgifts to a future world= =E2=80=9D offers a > new way to think about the design of programs meant to encourage active > management of private forestland. > > > > ------ > > Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M., > > Room 5001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building > > 6100 University Ave., Halifax, NS > > > > --001a114d42fc3a545d0555398ccb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>One mechanism for protect= ing amazing forest parcels, eg. old growth forest, on your property is thro= ugh a private land conservation organization. Those groups sometimes have t= he ability to help landowners protect their property through a conservation= easement - that's a legal document that maintains conservation values = on a property "in perpetuity". =C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Th= ose charity groups who do this work have only a few staff on hand and limit= ed resources. Putting a conservation easement on a property and maintaining= that over time is a time consuming legal process that requires fairly subs= tantial funding from the NGO to cover those legal fees, future monitoring o= f the lands, etc. That means these groups only have the ability to take on = certain properties that they can get funding to take on. They usually have = fairly strict criteria for being able to take on a property. Despite that, = I'd encourage anyone with something exceptional on their lands t