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Thanks for this information Bev. I would add that the guidelines of =
Environment and Climate Change Canada for incidental take eschew the =
notion of having to find a nest to prove the presence of nesting birds =
and recommend instead the use of breeding bird survey methods such as =
point counts in delineating nesting sites.
John
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> On =
Behalf Of Bev Wigney
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 18:35
To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Killing Endangered Species on Private Land is Ok
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John - and all,
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You are not alone in your concern and are right to lament. Recently, I =
made some inquiries into protection of SAR bird species, and migratory =
birds in general -- on Crown Land forests slated for harvest. What I =
discovered is that there isn't much protection at all. There is very =
little being done to secure habitat for species. There is also very =
little being done to ascertain that SAR and other birds aren't nesting =
on lands slated for harvesting -- from what I could gather, no one is =
running bird atlas info or other data against planned harvest plots. =
There is also very little that can be done to protect birds that you =
suspect to be nesting in a harvest area unless you are practically able =
to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that there is a nest there. If =
you can prove this to be true (photos of nest with bird and eggs I =
guess), you are supposed to be able to call some emergency number and =
something might possibly be done. As for protecting known breeding =
habitat, recommendations can be made to protect an area --- there is a =
process -- but apparently it is rarely done and, I gather, probably =
unlikely to be successful. So, the gist of all of this is that, really, =
these birds are not protected on Crown Land unless inside of some =
special conservation area. I was more than appalled by all of this =
after hearing back from all concerned. Frankly, I find it pretty =
shocking. It's also quite infuriating that so many people have much to =
say about how forests and natural areas are managed in Mexico, Central =
and South America -- we get angry that they aren't doing a better job of =
protecting rain forests and other habitat from deforestation -- yet, =
meanwhile, here we are in the north where these birds are actually =
nesting and raising young -- and so little effort is being made to =
secure their breeding habitat. Very pathetic indeed.
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Bev Wigney
Round Hill, NS
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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:09 PM, John Kearney =
<john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> > =
wrote:
Dear NatureNS readers,=20
I wish to express my sorrow about the state of environmental policy in =
the Province of Nova Scotia. I thought I couldn=E2=80=99t get more =
disheartened when the Premier indicated that oil and gas development =
should be permitted in Marine Protected Areas. While such a statement =
would be par for the course (no pun intended) for US President, Donald =
Trump. I didn=E2=80=99t expect it here.
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Yesterday, however, this sorrow hit closer to home. In my home village =
of Carleton, in Yarmouth County, I witnessed what I believe to be the =
destruction of a Common Nighthawk nest by a forestry operation. I =
believe this because I was listening to a tree harvesting machine, =
blocked from my view from a stand of softwood, but very loud as I was =
only a couple hundred of meters away. All of a sudden, at about 2 PM, a =
Common Nighthawk flew up from where the machine was harvesting and =
subsequently circled the machine a couple of times before disappearing.
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I immediately called the local office of the Department of Natural =
Resources. The regional biologist was not in but about an hour later a =
wildlife technician called to tell me not to worry. The biologist had =
indicated that Common Nighthawks don=E2=80=99t nest in the forest and =
have a wide foraging area so it was just passing by. I disputed this =
claim, noted that forestry should not be permitted during the bird =
breeding season, and asked that at minimum, the Department inform the =
landowner that an endangered species, listed under the Species at Risk =
Act, was likely nesting in the area of forestry operations. I was then =
informed there was nothing the government would do because the forestry =
operation was on private land.
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So despite the fact that it is against the law (Migratory Birds =
Convention Act) to destroy the nest, eggs, or young of a migratory bird, =
and despite the fact the Common Nighthawk is protected by federal and =
Nova Scotia species at risk legislation, it is ok to destroy the nest, =
eggs, or young of an endangered migratory bird if it is on private =
property. I wonder if they are planning on allowing the hunting of fawns =
and moose calves on private property year-round too?
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Thanks for listening to my lament.
John
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