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re making some ef <html><head></head><body dir=3D"ltr" lang=3D"en-US" style=3D"background-col= or: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> = <div style=3D"wid= th: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif= , sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-colo= r: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In Eastern HRM and Guysborough you can still see mo= ose sign fairly frequently compared to most of the mainland. Every time I d= o it's always near or in large tracks of intact woods. I know moose like fe= eding in cut areas but so do white-tailed deer. In this area the deer need = these cut areas while the moose can survive without them. Once they are cut= the deer move in which doesn't bode well for the moose. </div><div st= yle=3D"width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', = sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; backg= round-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> If I'm wrong and moose would prefer= every last acre of their habitat cut then they should be doing better thes= e days.</div><div style=3D"width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Ca= libri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-a= lign: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chris</div> = = <div style=3D"width: 100%; = font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-ser= if; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255= , 255, 255);"><br></div> = = <div s= tyle=3D"font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color:= rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 s= martphone on the Bell network.</div> = = = <table width=3D"100%" style=3D"background-color:white;border-spaci= ng:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan=3D"2" style=3D"font-size: initial; text-al= ign: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> = <div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181= , 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Taho= ma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Way= ne P. Neily</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 23, 2017 5:22 AM</div><d= iv><b>To: </b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>naturens@c= hebucto.ns.ca</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NatureNS] observation and dogm= a</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style=3D"border-style: solid no= ne none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-= size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">= </div><br><div id=3D"_originalContent" style=3D""> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p>Hello David,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>You are quite right that it can be difficult to change the mind of any o= f us who have a fixed opinion on something and have not been able= to study the question in the field. </p> <p> I'm not sure that anyone has claimed that ancient woodland is the= best type of cover - certainly it is not if you are a moose. What mo= st conservationists and naturalists seek is a good diversity of the forest = types and stages naturally occurring in a given area, since each stage and type has trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants= , birds and other animals adapted to it. All these stages are importa= nt to ensure biological diversity and to protect threatened species. &= nbsp; Old-growth forests may have less diversity of species than some others (edge habitats usually have the most diversity= ), but for those that live there they are essential, and our focus needs to= be on protecting them because they are the most endangered forest ecosyste= ms here and they take the longest to regenerate. Certainly there is no shortage of the early forest st= ages preferred by deer and moose. It seems that our forest managers a= re making some effort to see that "harvested" areas grow back to a sort of = forest that will provide more fibre in the shortest time but have little or no interest in allowing it to grow to sub= sequent successional stages or ensuring that all forest types are represent= ed. I'll leave it to the forest ecologists on the list to give more d= etails if they wish.</p> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:= Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'EmojiFont','Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe= UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbol= s; font-size: 12pt;"> <p class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal"></p> <p class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><font face=3D"Times Ne= w Roman"><strong><font size=3D"5"></font></strong></font></span></p> <div>Wayne P. Neily <br> Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia</div> <span class=3D"ecxApple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); tex= t-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: = 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate;"><br> "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. <br> But I have promises to keep, <br> And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost, 1923 [Stopping by Woods on= a Snowy Evening] <br> <br> "Think globally, Act locally." - Ren=C3=A9 Dubos, 1972. <br> </span></div> </div> <br> <br> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"width: 9