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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-21--440588107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 19 years of making you look GOOD Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 902 461-9488 On 15-Nov-11, at 10:23 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > Hi Heather & all, Nov 15, 2011 > It is unfortunate that anyone would be glad to see industry > close down especially one as harmless as gypsum mining. And forestry > need not be destructive and usually is not. > > Compare the effects of forestry and other industry with the > impact of highways, paved parking lots and urban development. This > largely urban infrastructure has a huge impact relative to > industries like Gypsum mining and forestry. > > I recenty read Catch me a Colobus (Gerald Durrell, 1972) and he > cites some roadkill figures with reference to Great Britain; 2 > million birds per year and in a small area 3,014 hares, 5,377 hedge- > hogs, 11,557 rats, 111,728 birds, 32,820 amphibians. A comparable > insect count would be astronomical. > > Every time a primary industry job is lost in rural NS we move > one step closer to all-round genuine hardship and complete disregard > of environmental considerations. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Heather Drope > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:00 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Fundy gypsum > > Fundy Gypsum is closing down up in the Windsor area.. This was > according to an interview heard on CBC this am.That means the threat > to the wonderful lands on the Avalon Penn will be saved - for now. > I am all for it but I think those of us who are glad to see industry > close down and our land saved need to come up with a replacement > industry that is favorable to our land. Economy is what keeps us > housed and fed and I always feel so darn sorry for those who lose > their jobs. > We all complain about the forestry industry and mining industry and > what it does to our natural resources so we should put our > collective heads together and come up with some employment solutions. > Heather in Halifax > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4016 - Release Date: > 11/14/11 > --Apple-Mail-21--440588107 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Nancy Roberts = Design</div><div>Celebrating 19 years of making you look = GOOD</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Dartmouth, NS B2Y = 2X6</div><div>902 461-9488</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span></div= ></span> </div><br><div><div>On 15-Nov-11, at 10:23 PM, David & = Alison Webster wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; wor