[NatureNS] Future of Forests.

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If I had a woodlot, I would take your assessment seriously. And given the
threat of mass die offs of our native trees, I would be thinking about
planting trees that could survive into the future, native or not, with the
idea that trees of any species are better than no trees at all.

*Dave in Curry's Corner*

David Simpson
(902) 580 8007
david.sonsimp@gmail.com


On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 8:03 PM David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>     Despite all the wailing about forestry practices, the natural world in
> NS has had only two serious problems over the last 60 years; the threat of
> climate change and mindless pursuit of the horizon which has led to  ever
> wider roads and wholesale degradation and fragmentation of habitat. For
> example with respect to frogs the relevant question is not "Why are they
> uncommon ?" but "How have any survived ?"
>     With the increasingly erratic weather, starting about 1990 but
> gathering steam only since about 2013 It is unlikely that NS will be
> forested in 60 years time; a consequence not of cutting but of erratic
> weather.
>     In my woodlot, death of conifers due to prolonged dry periods has
> dominated choices since 2000, or for sections remote from a road
> overstocked Fir has been replaced by junk shrubs and since 2013 wind has
> uprooted, snapped off or leaned  more trees than I and a friend can
> salvage.
>     If the projections are correct, that only 12 years remain before
> runaway climate change takes over, you may be sure that forests will not
> fare well.
> YT, DW, Kentville
>

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n, Mar 18, 2019 at 8:03 PM David &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">=
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<div>Dear All,<div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Despite all the wailing about forestry pra=
ctices, the natural world in NS has had only two serious problems over the =
last 60 years; the threat of climate change and mindless pursuit of the hor=
izon which has led to =C2=A0ever wider roads and wholesale degradation and =
fragmentation of habitat. For example with respect to frogs the relevant qu=
estion is not &quot;Why are they uncommon ?&quot; but &quot;How have any su=
rvived ?&quot;</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 With the increasingly erratic weathe=
r, starting about 1990 but gathering steam only since about 2013 It is unli=
kely that NS will be forested in 60 years time; a consequence not of cuttin=
g but of erratic weather.=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 In my woodlot, deat=
h of conifers due to prolonged dry periods has dominated choices since 2000=
, or for sections remote from a road overstocked Fir has been replaced by j=
unk shrubs and since 2013 wind has uprooted, snapped off or leaned =C2=A0mo=
re trees than I and a friend can salvage.=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 If =
the projections are correct, that only 12 years remain before runaway clima=
te change takes over, you may be sure that forests will not fare well.</div=
><div>YT, DW, Kentville</div></div></blockquote></div>

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