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class=3DMsoNormal><o --f403043662663057e6056980e1f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Me too..hemlock seeds were raining down in February and March onto the snow at Berwick. I collected a bit to try and germinate but your idea of doing this over the province would be super. One could develop nurseries for each region and make a long term seed deposit (Acadia?) On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 1:12 PM John and Nhung, <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > Agree that environmentally overly aggressive steps may be a case of the > cure being worse than the disease. Introduction of predators, for > instance, would give me pause. > > > > I have the seed-banking bug in my brain=E2=80=A6 > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Nick Hill > *Sent:* April 10, 2018 6:58 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Meeting > > > > Condolences, John. Hemlock is one of our most beautiful shade tolerant > long lived trees and it sets the structure of many ravines, riparian > forests and old growths. > > I'd advise caution, however In adopting either a sanitary, a chemical or = a > treatment that uses non native biocontrols. > > Wild forest management is the proper job of a forest ecologist who sees > structure, forest successional dynamics and evolution. The sky is not > falling; as I've pointed out, other areas have gone through this and > forests change and in some (many if we read the West Virginia phd) > affected forests, hemlock persists and relinquishes some of its dominance > to cherry birch, the species determined by availability in the area. Here > it will probably be yellow birch and red spruce but we will see. > > > > Active management makes humans and particularly those in mandated > organizations feel they are not being negligent ..due diligence etc...but > forests change and we would do best for nature to let it change and only > intervene where we think there are regeneration issues. It's a good time > to collect tree seeds, start nursery stock of yellow birch and red spruce > hobble bush mountain maple. > > > > The public has lost its forest commons as we cede the forest to companies > that clearcut. If we care about forests and nature, let the forests be > wild...connect up wild areas onto corridors...but don't treat wild forest > like gardens or we will be mimicking the clear cutting mentality at work = on > most of our forest commons. > > > > Let's have some faith in nature and not think it's helpless without us. > Holding back and not rushing to active management will be hard for people > in government and conservation organizations but succession can handle wh= at > we think is a crisis. How it handles it is the beauty and wisdom of natur= e. > > > > I haven't got into carbon implications but obviously the less we do and > the more we let succession regenerate a fast growth of new trees to mop u= p > mineralized nutrients, tie up more carbon all amid the existing carbon in > the old hemlock, the more we are doing our part for slowing climate > change...the more we remove and hack and burn... > > > > Lastly, we are in, undeniably, a time of vegetation change brought n by > climate change. Such forest changes will be opportunities for biodiversit= y > and we will witness exciting positive changes. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 12:46 AM John Kearney, <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.c= a> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Our hemlock trees are in serious trouble. The culprit is an aphid > relative, the hemlock woolly adelgid, and currently, southwest Nova Scoti= a > is the most at threat. > > The Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (TREPA) will be > sponsoring a talk by Ron Neville, Plant Health Survey Biologist of the > Canadian Food Inspection Agency, at the Yarmouth County Museum and > Archives, 22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, on Tuesday, April 10th, at 7:00 > PM. All are welcome. > > > > --f403043662663057e6056980e1f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Me too..hem= lock seeds were raining down in February and March onto the snow at Berwick= . I collected a bit to try and germinate but your idea of doing this over t= he province would be super.</div><div dir=3D"auto">One could develop nurser= ies for each region and make a long term seed deposit (Acadia?)</div></div>= <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 1:12 = PM John and Nhung, <<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@e= astlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lan= g=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"m_6337544700962488= 068WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;fon= t-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Agree th= at environmentally overly aggressive steps may be a case of the cure being = worse than the disease.=C2=A0 Introduction of predators, for instance, woul= d give me pause. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"= ;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-seri= f";color:#1f497d">I have the seed-banking bug in my brain=E2=80=A6=C2= =A0 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f49= 7d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"= EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-= serif"">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt= ;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:= naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">naturen= s-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebuct= o.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca= </a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick Hill<br><b>Sent:</b> April 10, 2018 6:58 AM<= br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"noreferrer">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Natu= reNS] Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Condolences, J= ohn. Hemlock is one of our most beautiful shade tolerant long lived trees a= nd it sets the structure of many ravines, riparian forests and old growths.= =C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I'd advise caution,= however In adopting either a sanitary, a chemical or a treatment that uses= non native biocontrols.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"= >Wild forest management is the proper job of a forest ecologist who sees st= ructure, forest successional dynamics and evolution. The sky is not falling= ; as I've pointed out, other areas have gone through this and forests c= hange and in some (many if we read the West Virginia phd)=C2=A0 affected fo= rests, hemlock persists and relinquishes some of its dominance to cherry bi= rch, the species determined by availability in the area. Here it will proba= bly be yellow birch and red spruce but we will see.<u></u><u></u></p></div>= <div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"= MsoNormal">Active management makes humans and particularly those in mandate= d organizations feel they are not being negligent ..due diligence etc...but= forests change and we would do best for nature to let it change and only i= ntervene where we think there are regeneration=C2=A0 issues. It's a goo= d time to collect tree seeds, start nursery stock of yellow birch and red s= pruce hobble bush mountain maple.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"M= soNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">The pub= lic has lost its forest commons as we cede the forest to companies that cle= arcut. If we care about forests and nature, let the forests be wild...conne= ct up wild areas onto corridors...but don't treat wild forest like gard= ens or we will be mimicking the clear cutting mentality at work on most of = our forest commons.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal= "><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Let's have = some faith in nature and not think it's helpless without us. Holding ba= ck and not rushing to active management will be hard for people in governme= nt and conservation organizations but succession can handle what we think i= s a crisis. How it handles it is the beauty and wisdom of nature.<u></u><u>= </u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><di= v><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I haven't got into carbon implications but obv= iously the less we do and the more we let succession regenerate a fast grow= th of new trees to mop up mineralized nutrients, tie up more carbon all ami= d the existing carbon in the old hemlock, the more we are doing our part fo= r slowing climate change...the more we remove and hack and burn...<u></u><u= ></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><d= iv><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Lastly, we are in, undeniably, a time of vegetati= on change brought n by climate change. Such forest changes will be opportun= ities for biodiversity and we will witness exciting positive changes.<u></u= ><u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div= ><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Nick<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"M= soNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>= =C2=A0<u></u></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p= ><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 12:46 AM John Kearn= ey, <<a href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank" r= el=3D"noreferrer">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u>= </p></div><blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;= padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calib= ri","sans-serif"">Hi All,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&qu= ot;,"sans-serif"">Our hemlock trees are in serious trouble.=C2=A0= The culprit is an aphid relative, the hemlock woolly adelgid, and currentl= y, southwest Nova Scotia is the most at threat.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calib= ri","sans-serif"">The Tusket River Environmental Protection = Association (TREPA) will be sponsoring a talk by Ron Neville, Plant Health = Survey Biologist of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, at the Yarmouth Co= unty Museum and Archives, 22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, on Tuesday, April 10= <sup>th</sup>, at 7:00 PM. All are welcome.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p clas= s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri&q= uot;,"sans-serif"">=C2=A0</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></b= lockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div> --f403043662663057e6056980e1f9--
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