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Now, one thing All, The following is a comment which I have just received directly from David Patriquin who is having difficulties posting to Nature NS at this time: ---- Re: [NatureNS] Crown land forests - L&F's Variable Retention Harvests do not protect birds of unfragmented, closed canopy, mature and generally late-successional forest It's worth noting that the birds Donna is most concerned about - those of "unfragmented, closed canopy, mature and generally late-successional forest" - are the ones essentially not protected by L&F's "Variable Retention" harvests. View recent posts on www.nsforestnotes.ca: - "When is a Clearcut still a Clearcut?" in Nova Scotia (26Feb2019) - Evidently, Nova Scotia L&F considers adherence to the Interim Retention Guidelines as equivalent to Not Clearcutting (25Feb2019) - Recent changes (Jan 30 & Feb 20, 2019) in Harvest Plan Map Viewer increase concerns about clearcutting in Nova Scotia Kudos to Bev Wigney's concept of getting people out exploring our Crown land forests generally, not just those about to be chopped up. If there is any hope of finally really changing forest management in NS, it will require popular support as its quite clear that reasoned argument alone is far from sufficient in NS. It also offers opportunities for highly positive experiences, e.g. a visit to what looks like an interesting but unexplored piece of Crown land would make great field trips for naturalist, hiking groups etc. David G Patriquin
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