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This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0117_01D307D8.E75FEC30 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0118_01D307D8.E75FEC30" ------=_NextPart_001_0118_01D307D8.E75FEC30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our committee of people pursuing Green Burial have been thinking about = easements. NSNT and some of the other conservation trusts have them, as = does the Ecology Action Centre. We hope to have some land donated for = the purpose of Conservation (i.e. very green) Burial. We have a meeting coming up, August 2, if any of you would like to = attend. Email us for details. Jane and Dave Schlosberg =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Webster Sent: July 27, 2017 7:42 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Easements =20 Thanks Lance, This may open a lead. I long for a process by which one can simply = spell out the terms in a deed as opposed to having a gaggle of Lawyers, = Trustees and Board members making a mess of things from afar. DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Laviolette, Lance <mailto:lance.laviolette@lmco.com> =20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =20 Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:05 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Easements =20 Hi John, =20 The answer is that in Nova Scotia and other Canadian Provinces that = I=E2=80=99m familiar with, an easement is between the land owner and an = eligible body. The =E2=80=98eligible body=E2=80=99 is the key phrase. In = Nova Scotia an eligible body is: =20 * Her Majesty in right of the Province or any agency of Her = Majesty in right of the Province; * Her Majesty in right of Canada or any agency of Her Majesty in = right of Canada; * A municipality or any agency of a municipality; * Any of the thirteen Nova Scotia Mi=E2=80=99kmaw bands or any = legal organization representing two or more of the bands; * Any organization that was, immediately before this Act comes = into force, designated by the Governor in Council as a conservation = organization under the former Act; * Any other organization designated pursuant to the regulations =20 NSNT would be such a designated organization. A private citizen would = not be. =20 My source is the Conservation Easements Act of the Province of Nova = Scotia. =20 Cheers, =20 Lance =20 Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ontario =20 =20 =20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John and Nhung Sent: July 26, 2017 12:45 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Easements =20 Thanks for this, Caitlin. It clarifies a lot. =20 Some years back, a landowner with a plot of land in two adjacent = municipal units (one a town) willed us a chunk of her land. For legal = reasons, we were not able to assume ownership, but I remember advising = her heirs that they could take out a conservation easement on the land = in question. Offered to help further and never heard back, but I am = sure the offspring honoured their ma=E2=80=99s wishes to the best of = their ability. =20 My point (question?) is that if an owner wants to protect his or her = land and if NSNT or the Nature Conservancy of Canada doesn=E2=80=99t = take it, the owner can take steps to apply his or her own legal = easements on the land (can=E2=80=99t he/she??). =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Caitlin Porter Sent: July 26, 2017 11:49 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry =20 Hi all,=20 =20 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". =20 =20 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. =20 Katie Porter=20 =20 =20 =20 On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM, John Kearney = <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto: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 = 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 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = <mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> = [mailto: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 <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 Cc: David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com <mailto:dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry =20 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 =20 =20 ------ Original Message ------ 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 =20 School for Resource and Environmental Studies MES Thesis Defence =20 GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA = SCOTIA =20 By Andrew W. Kekacs =20 Abstract: =20 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. =20 ------ Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M.,=20 Room 5001, Kenneth C. 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This may open a lead. I long for a process by which one can simply = spell out the terms in a deed as opposed to having a gaggle of Lawyers, = Trustees and Board members making a mess of things from = afar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>DW<o:p></o:p>= </span></p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid = black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:= 5.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>----- Original = Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'background:#E4E4E4'><b><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From:</span></b= ><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a = href=3D"mailto:lance.laviolette@lmco.com" = title=3D"lance.laviolette@lmco.com">Laviolette, Lance</a> = <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To:</span></b><= span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> = <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></b= ><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Wednesday, = July 26, 2017 7:05 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subject:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> RE: = [NatureNS] Easements<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </= o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >Hi John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >The answer is that in Nova Scotia and other Canadian Provinces that = I=E2=80=99m familiar with, an easement is between the land owner and an = eligible body. The =E2=80=98eligible body=E2=80=99 is the key phrase. In = Nova Scotia an eligible body is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT'><o:p> = </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>=C2=B7</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>  = ; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Her Majesty in = right of the Province or any agency of Her Majesty in right of the = Province;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>=C2=B7</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>  = ; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Her Majesty in = right of Canada or any agency of Her Majesty in right of = Canada;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>=C2=B7</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>  = ; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>A municipality = or any agency of a municipality;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>=C2=B7</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>  = ; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Any of the = thirteen Nova Scotia Mi=E2=80=99kmaw bands or any legal organization = representing two or more of the bands;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoListParagraph style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>=C2=B7</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt'>  = ; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Any = organization that was, immediately before this Act comes into force, = designated by the Governor in Council as a conservation organization = under the former Act;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>=C2=B7</span>= <span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> &nb= sp; </span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Any other = organization designated pursuant to the regulations</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >NSNT would be such a designated organization. A private citizen would = not be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >My source is the Conservation Easements Act of the Province of Nova = Scotia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >Lance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old = Face",serif;color:#1F497D'>Lance Laviolette<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old = Face",serif;color:#1F497D'>Glen Robertson, = Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><= /b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>John and Nhung<br><b>Sent:</b> July 26, 2017 12:45 = PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> EXTERNAL: = [NatureNS] Easements<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >Thanks for this, Caitlin. It clarifies a = lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >Some years back, a landowner with a plot of land in two adjacent = municipal units (one a town) willed us a chunk of her land. For = legal reasons, we were not able to assume ownership, but I remember = advising her heirs that <b>they</b> could take out a conservation = easement on the land in question. Offered to help further and = never heard back, but I am sure the offspring honoured their = ma=E2=80=99s wishes to the best of their = ability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= >My point (question?) is that if an owner wants to protect his or her = land and if NSNT or the Nature Conservancy of Canada doesn=E2=80=99t = take it, the owner can take steps to apply his or her own legal = easements on the land (can=E2=80=99t he/she??).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><a name=3D"_MailEndCompose"></a><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'= ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></= b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu= cto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Caitlin Porter<br><b>Sent:</b> July = 26, 2017 11:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b= >Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS = Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA>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". = <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA>Katie = Porter <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-CA><br = clear=3Dall><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></= div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = lang=3DEN-CA>On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM, John Kearney <<a = href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" = target=3D"_blank">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA>Hi Dave and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA>I agree that we need more alternatives for saving our = patches of land for future generations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b>= <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of = </b>David<br><b>Sent:</b> July-25-17 13:20<br><b>To:</b> <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Cc:</b> David = Webster <<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com" = target=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: = [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry<span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Hi John & = All,</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> I = suspect conservation, and nature worship, rank high in the minds of most = private woodlot owners. </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> 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. </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> 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 ?</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> 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. </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>------ Original = Message ------</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From: "John = Kearney" <</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><a = href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</s= pan></a></span><span lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>></span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>To: </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank"><span = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</span><= /a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sent: 7/25/2017 = 12:09:33 PM</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Subject: = [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA = style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div = id=3D"m_5822422224740385587x43527ae7a334477"><blockquote = style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm = 8.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:2.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom= :5.0pt'><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>School for = Resource and Environmental Studies</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>MES Thesis = Defence</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: = CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA SCOTIA</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>By Andrew W. Kekacs</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Abstract:</span></b><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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.</span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>------</span><span = lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tuesday, August 1, = 2017 @ 10:00 A.M., </span><span lang=3DEN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span = lang=3DEN-CA style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Room 5001, Kenneth = C. 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