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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-57872B4E-7C6A-4BB9-97F6-EF39CCD663F7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I second Doug=E2=80=99s comment. There is a great potential for making a difference by drawing more people in= to the conversation. As an editor and book publisher, I am always looking fo= r good texts on ecology aimed at general readers; not scientific papers or g= uidebooks, but books with a strong narrative that help draw the reader into b= etter understand of our relationships and responsibilities to the natural wo= rld. Certainly Donna, Bob Bancroft and others on this list with the gift for= writing should come talk to me if they ever have book projects in mind. I=E2= =80=99m keen to contribute to this important conversation. Andrew Steeves GASPEREAU PRESS =C2=B6 PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS Literary Outfitters & Cultural Wilderness Guides On Jun 19, 2018, at 10:30 PM, Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> wrote: Donna, thanks for this. Your posts are so informative and well-informed, and= to the point. Now if only we could expand our audience a bit beyond the Nat= ureNS crowd. Cheers, Doug Linzey n 19-Jun-18 7:21 PM, Donna Crossland wrote: >=20 > It's best to avoid the 'company line' about "spruce budworm left unchecked= ". This is a topic that the forest industry uses to instill panic to justif= y full scale harvesting of spruce and fir, complete with a spray program, et= c. Budworm is a native pest and should not enter the conversations over exo= tics. It comes 'round every few decades, as we know. Bay-breasted, Tenness= ee and other warbler species can increase rapidly. We can sit back and enjo= y watching natures responses to it. This year I observed a few more Bay-brea= sted warblers in forest monitoring plots than previous years, and am questio= ning if they are from an increased number resulting from the Qc population t= hat decided to settle in southwest NS this year instead of heading farther n= orth after returning from the tropics. >=20 > The forest industry and DNR would have us "tinker" with this this natural d= isturbance agent. But balsam fir was never "built to last". Titus Smith re= ferred to it as a nursery tree to shelter the growth of other late successio= nal tree species. Early entry harvesting in the pure fir/spruce stands would= mitigate the fear of trees dying all at once and wood going to 'waste' (ind= ustry thinking, not mine), but in actuality industry doesn't want to float i= n the big machines for multiple, early, preemptive partial harvests. The c= heapest approach is to harvest all at once, so they wait until the budworm h= its (it was all so predictable), and then cries wolf and harvests all at on= ce. But this is the worst scenario for all other ecosystem components inclu= ding soil nutrients then exposed to leaching. The budworm issue really hits a= nerve. >=20 > Balsam fir and spruce will regenerate after budworm. No worries there. B= ut hemlock will be repeatedly hit by HWA and not successfully=20 --Apple-Mail-57872B4E-7C6A-4BB9-97F6-EF39CCD663F7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I second Doug=E2=80=99s comment.<div><br></= div><div>There is a great potential for making a difference by drawing more p= eople into the conversation. As an editor and book publisher, I am always lo= oking for good texts on ecology aimed at general readers; not scientific pap= ers or guidebooks, but books with a strong narrative that help draw the read= er into better understand of our relationships and responsibilities to the n= atural world. Certainly Donna, Bob Bancroft and others on this list with the= gift for writing should come talk to me if they ever have book projects in m= ind. I=E2=80=99m keen to contribute to this important conversation.</div><di= v><br></div><div>Andrew Steeves<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><span l= ang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 14px;"= >GASPEREAU PRESS </span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family: UICT= FontTextStyleBody; font-size: 14px;">=C2=B6</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style= =3D"font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 14px;"> PRINTERS &am= p; PUBLISHERS</span><br><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 8px; font-size: 13pt;= word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-= white-space;"><div style=3D"font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 1= 4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Literary Outfitters & Cultural Wil= derness Guides</div></div></div></div><div><br>On Jun 19, 2018, at 10:30 PM,= Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com&= gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div><span>Donna, thanks for this. Your posts are so= informative and well-informed, and to the point. Now if only we could expan= d our audience a bit beyond the NatureNS crowd.</span><br><span></span><br><= span>Cheers,</span><br><span>Doug Linzey</span><br><span></span><br><span></= span><br><span>n 19-Jun-18 7:21 PM, Donna Crossland wrote:</span><br><blockq= uote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><= span>It's best to avoid the 'company line' about "spruce budworm left unchec= ked". This is a topic that the forest industry uses to instill panic t= o justify full scale harvesting of spruce and fir, complete with a spray pro= gram, etc. Budworm is a native pest and should not enter the conversat= ions over exotics. It comes 'round every few decades, as we know. = ; Bay-breasted, Tennessee and other warbler species can increase rapidly.&nb= sp; We can sit back and enjoy watching natures responses to it. This year I o= bserved a few more Bay-breasted warblers in forest monitoring plots than pre= vious years, and am questioning if they are from an increased number resulti= ng from the Qc population that decided to settle in southwest NS this year i= nstead of heading farther north after returning from the tropics.</spa= n>