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<hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"width: 9 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css"><!-- P {margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> Well Chris Moose wouldn't survive where there are deer - </div>=20 <div> clear cut or other wise!=20 </div>=20 <div> Paul </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> On October 23, 2017 at 7:06 AM Chris Pepper <cpepper@ymail.com> = wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div style=3D"width: 100%; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Sl= ate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"> In Eastern HRM and Guysborough you can still see moose sign fairly freq= uently compared to most of the mainland. Every time I do it's always ne= ar or in large tracks of intact woods. I know moose like feeding in cut are= as 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 i= n which doesn't bode well for the moose.  </div>=20 <div style=3D"width: 100%; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Sl= ate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">  If I'm wrong and moose would prefer every last acre of their = habitat cut then they should be doing better these days. </div>=20 <div style=3D"width: 100%; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Sl= ate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"> Chris </div>=20 <div style=3D"width: 100%; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Sl= ate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">   </div>=20 <div style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro',= sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on&= #160;the Bell network. </div>=20 <table style=3D"width: 100%; border-spacing: 0px; background-color: whit= e;">=20 <tbody>=20 <tr>=20 <td colspan=3D"2" style=3D"background-color: #ffffff;">=20 <div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; f= ont-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size= : 10pt; border-top-color: #b5c4df; border-top-width: 1pt;">=20 <div> <strong>From: </strong>Wayne P. Neily </div>=20 <div> <strong>Sent: </strong>Monday, October 23, 2017 5:22 AM </div>=20 <div> <strong>To: </strong>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div>=20 <div> <strong>Reply To: </strong>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div>=20 <div> <strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [NatureNS] observation and dogma </div>=20 </div> </td>=20 </tr>=20 </tbody>=20 </table>=20 <div style=3D"border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: #babcd1; = border-top-width: 1pt; background-color: #ffffff;">   </div>=20 <br/>=20 <div id=3D"_originalContent">=20 <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: = Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" dir=3D"ltr">=20 <p>Hello David,</p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p>You are quite right that it can be difficult to change the mind of = any of us who have a fixed opinion on something and have not been= able to study the question in the field. </p>=20 <p>  I'm not sure that anyone has claimed that ancient woodla= nd is the best type of cover - certainly it is not if you are a moose. = ; What most conservationists and naturalists seek is a good diversity of th= e forest types and stages naturally occurring in a given area, since each s= tage and type has trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, birds and other animals= adapted to it.  All these stages are important to ensure biological d= iversity and to protect threatened species.   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 end= angered forest ecosystems here and they take the longest to regenerate.= 0; Certainly there is no shortage of the early forest stages preferred by d= eer and moose.  It seems that our forest managers are making some effo= rt 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 interes= t in allowing it to grow to subsequent successional stages or ensuring that= all forest types are represented.  I'll leave it to the forest ec= ologists on the list to give more details if they wish.</p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <div id=3D"Signature">=20 <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"color: #000000; font-family= : Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,'EmojiFont','Apple Color E= moji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol&#= 39;, 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;">=20 <p class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal"> </p>=20 <div> Wayne P. Neily=20 <br/> Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia </div>   <span style=3D"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0p= x; word-spacin