[NatureNS] Crown land forests - suggestions for ground-truthing sites

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Kudos  - test post.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 2:55 PM Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr">Kudos=C2=A0 - test post.=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 2:55=
 PM Bev Wigney &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bkwigney@gmail.com">bkwigney@gmail.com=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">=
All,<br>
<br>
The following is a comment which I have just received directly from<br>
David Patriquin who is having difficulties posting to Nature NS at<br>
this time:<br>
----<br>
Re: [NatureNS] Crown land forests - L&amp;F&#39;s Variable Retention Harves=
ts<br>
do not protect birds of unfragmented, closed canopy, mature and<br>
generally late-successional forest<br>
<br>
It&#39;s worth noting that the birds Donna is most concerned about - those<=
br>
of &quot;unfragmented, closed canopy, mature and generally<br>
late-successional forest&quot; - are the ones essentially not protected by<=
br>
L&amp;F&#39;s=C2=A0 &quot;Variable Retention&quot; harvests. View=C2=A0 rec=
ent posts on<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.nsforestnotes.ca" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">www.nsforestnotes.ca</a>:<br>
<br>
- &quot;When is a Clearcut still a Clearcut?&quot; in Nova Scotia (26Feb201=
9)<br>
<br>
- Evidently, Nova Scotia L&amp;F considers adherence to the Interim<br>
Retention Guidelines as equivalent to Not Clearcutting=C2=A0 (25Feb2019)<br=
>
<br>
- Recent changes (Jan 30 &amp; Feb 20, 2019) in Harvest Plan Map Viewer<br>
increase concerns about clearcutting in Nova Scotia<br>
<br>
Kudos to Bev Wigney&#39;s concept of getting people out exploring our<br>
Crown land forests generally, not just those about to be chopped up.<br>
If there is any hope of finally really changing forest management in<br>
NS, it will require popular support as its quite clear=C2=A0 that reasoned<=
br>
argument alone is far from sufficient in NS. It=C2=A0 also offers<br>
opportunities for highly positive experiences, e.g. a visit to what<br>
looks like an interesting but unexplored piece of Crown land would<br>
make great field trips for naturalist, hiking groups etc.<br>
<br>
David G Patriquin<br>
</blockquote></div>

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