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A LOT more people should have read Wendell Berry long ago. =20
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We (former in my case) development aid workers preach the gospel of =
sustainable development when we work in poor countries. When people =
bring up the American example, well =E2=80=A6 I have had to be honest!
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A lot of poor folks in poor countries are a lot more willing to practise =
necessary self-discipline than we are. Any potential leader preaching =
the self-discipline gospel would get shot down in flames at election =
time. Eh?
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of =
plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
Sent: July 26, 2017 5:27 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry
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Good points about preserving working woodland. I have the impression =
that working farmland is better protected, but maybe that is a matter of =
local zoning?=20
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I was once told about the fate of a mature sugar maple woodlot in the =
hardwood hills of Pictou County. It had been carefully managed for =
maple syrup production for generations. When Grandpa died, none of the =
family could take it on. They all agreed that it should only be sold to =
someone who planned to continue the operation. They found a buyer who =
promised to do so. The next year, he clearcut the acreage and sold 200 =
year old sugar maples for firewood. The granddaughter who told me this =
was alternately enraged, and teary-eyed, at the folly of it.
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Aldo Leopold's style may not be to your taste, Dave, but he was an early =
voice in proposing conservation. Have you ever read any of the essays =
of Wendell Berry? I'd recommend his earlier collections, beginning with =
The Unsettling of America (1977) and The Gift of Good Land (1981). The =
Library at Acadia has some of his books.
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Cheers,
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Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
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On July 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> =
wrote:=20
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 =
with a beautiful view of the valley below. In the course of our =
conversation he expressed cynacism about what his relatives would do =
with the land when he passed away, and he lamented the fact that he knew =
of no way to ensure the protection of his lifetime of work in caring for =
the land. Today that land 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
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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
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Hi John & All,
I suspect conservation, and nature worship, rank high in the minds =
of most private woodlot owners.=20
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.=20
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 =
Geographic article about Leopold, I now realize he preached conservation =
as a way of managing all landscapes.=20
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: "John Kearney" < <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> =
john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: 7/25/2017 12:09:33 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry
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School for Resource and Environmental Studies
MES Thesis Defence
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GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA =
SCOTIA
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By Andrew W. Kekacs
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Abstract:
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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 approach 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 ultimately the conveyance =E2=80=93 of =
values that provide them with no immediate economic 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.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M.,=20
Room 5001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave., Halifax, NS
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