[NatureNS] Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Meeting

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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.
>
>
>
>

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<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, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@e=
astlink.ca</a>&gt; 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:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot=
;;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-seri=
f&quot;;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:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-=
serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt=
;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;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&#39;s have =
some faith in nature and not think it&#39;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&#39;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, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"noreferrer">john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt; 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:&quot;Calib=
ri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Hi All,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&qu=
ot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Calib=
ri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:&quot;Calibri&q=
uot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">=C2=A0</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></b=
lockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div>

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