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#yiv1238949202 </style><div><div class="yiv1238949202WordSection1"><div class="yiv1238949202MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Good point!</span></div><div class="yiv1238949202MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> &nbsp;</span></div><div class="yiv1238949202yqt2652751903" id="yiv1238949202yqt26431"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv1238949202MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <b>On Beha This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01D63A39.311190F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good point, David. I have pushed the idea of =E2=80=9Ccitizen = scientists =E2=80=9C to folks in both Westfor and DLF and people seemed = receptive. It=E2=80=99s a great way to avoid headaches. Someone in DLF = mentioned the need for training as part of the process. Fair enough, = but seems to me, that training could be two-way. Bev Wigney, enormous thanks for getting those wheels turning! I was thinking of organized observations, data-collecting and the like = when I was making the suggestion, but hell, why not include = plan-drafting, or anything else relevant? I do sympathize with the folks in DLF to some extent, because there = aren=E2=80=99t enough of them with enough time to do everything they = need to do. They need help. I am sure I am being too pollyanna-ish, and don=E2=80=99t doubt that = there is resistance to erring more on the side of sustainable practices, = but the few excuses such folks have, the better. From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Patriquin Sent: June 3, 2020 8:25 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered = species law" =20 Well said both DW and NH. For the sake of both common and rare species = we desperately need a Biodiversity Landscape Plan for NS, akin to HRM's = Green Network Plan. Given the pace that L&F operates, that could take = 10+ years and in the meantime, the status quo operates. So we should = put a Precautionary Plan in place immediately e.g., as suggested in this = document: Need for Biodiversity Landscape Planning before finalizing HPF = and Ecological Matrix components of the Triad, and for caution in = selection of HPF sites in acid-stressed watersheds A response to the = High Production Forestry Phase 1 =E2=80=93 Discussion Paper From the = Conservation Committee of the Halifax Field Naturalists* March 31, 2020. = http://halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca/hfnWP/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HFNCom= mentsOnHPFFMG31Mar2020-.pdf =20 On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:33 PM Nick Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com> wrote: =20 to communicate to those who truly wonder; why are we so obsessed with = things of so little value, so little impact due to their low numbers, so = little prospect in terms of their populations' trajectory? =20 ans. They are not just once in an evolutionary process things but are = markers of landscape processes in many cases. We think of Mainland = Moose...connectivity and a mix of wetland and shade..Plymouth = Gentian...clean waters and unregulated big rivers.. =20 We can go on but you see what rare species are? =20 They are the sentinels of ecosystem processes that are still intact..in = many cases. They are not irrelevant or window dressing. =20 We know this Nick =20 =20 On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 7:03 PM David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: Hi John & All, Pyrrhic or not, one should not be comfortable until the threat of = runaway climate change is on track for being neutralized with time to = spare. So far the record on that front has been consistently negative. = If that is not effectively dealt with then everything goes down the = drain. I understand the sun is about to experience a brief cooler period = but, as things are going, that spare time is needed. In any case rare species are just ornamental, in that being sparse = they don't pay their way in the ecosystem economy.=20 The enormous loss in numbers of once common animals, e.g. frogs and = toads, mostly due to habitat loss/degradation, is far more serious. In = the 50's, e.g. many secondary roads had a necklace of vernal pools for = tadpole rearing on both sides. With urban sprawl and road 'improvement' = these became history. And so on and so on.=20 YT, DW, Kentville =20 =20 On 6/1/2020 9:21 AM, John Kearney wrote: This decision may be a pyrrhic victory as our forests, agricultural = land, and wetlands continue to be pillaged by industry and recreational = activities. We will see if a recovery plan written on paper will have = any effect on saving wildlife. Despite having a Canada Warbler recovery = team in place, the provincial government recently approved the expansion = of a quarry in Annapolis County right up to the boundary of a wetland = with nesting Canada Warblers. In this case, the project may not destroy = their nests, but what kind of breeding success can we expect when it = takes place so close to dynamite blasting. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca On Behalf Of Peter Payzant Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 09:54 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered = species law" =20
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