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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CD6329.1422DB10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable BUY BACK THE MERSEY RALLY Hubley Community Hall 4408 St. Margaret's Bay Road Tuesday, July 17th at 7pm. Call 823-1404 for more info Together we can save it! Now that they have closed the Liverpool mill, current Bowater-Mersey = owners Resolute Forest Products of=20 Quebec, Nova Scotia's single largest private land owner, wants to sell = their entire 220,000 hectares of forest lands!=20 But to whom? To foreign interests who will clearcut ruthlessly and then = chop up the remains for the highest=20 bidders? No way!! Nova Scotians are rallying - these lands are our = birthright! For a hundred and fifty years large=20 corporations have made money off our forest. Now suddenly with pulp = prices down, they are headed for=20 greener pastures. Well, their misfortune can be our gain. With grit and = determination we can take back what was=20 always ours. Let's BUY BACK THE MERSEY!=20 If that land gets sold, Nova Scotians ask, can we still hunt back there? = Can we fish? Can we access our camps?=20 Can we canoe, kayak, or run our ATVs? How about the incredible network = of roads, trails, lakes, streams, and=20 portages some of which have been in use since before Columbus? How about = the forest resource itself? Will=20 small mills and forest operators be able to manage the lands - = generations of Nova Scotians have earned their=20 living back there. ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS: YOU BET!=20 A growing alliance of NGOs and passionate champions of these lands, the = St. Margaret's Bay Back Country Coalition, the BBCC, with the land's = fate clearly in the balance, has been hard at work poring over maps, = preparing briefs and presentations, lobbying government, and building a = case. Roughly the lands can be saved in thirds: - SAVE 1/3 AS A PROTECTED AREA - MANAGE THE REST AS A WORKING FOREST FOR, WITH, AND BY NOVA SCOTIANS - USE ALL THE LANDS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, FOR HUNTING, FISHING, AND = RECREATION ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CD6329.1422DB10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DISO-8859-1" = http-equiv=3Dcontent-type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV> </DIV><FONT size=3D+2><B>BUY BACK THE MERSEY = RALLY</B><BR>Hubley=20 Community Hall<BR>4408 St. Margaret's Bay Road<BR>Tuesday, July 17th at=20 7pm.<BR>Call 823-1404 for more info<BR><BR><B>Together we can save=20 it!</B><BR></FONT><FONT size=3D+2><BR>Now that they have closed the = Liverpool=20 mill, current Bowater-Mersey owners Resolute Forest Products of = <BR>Quebec, Nova=20 Scotia=92s single largest private land owner, wants to sell their entire = 220,000=20 hectares of forest lands! <BR>But to whom? To foreign interests who will = clearcut ruthlessly and then chop up the remains for the highest = <BR>bidders? No=20 way!! Nova Scotians are rallying - these lands are our birthright! For a = hundred=20 and fifty years large <BR>corporations have made money off our forest. = Now=20 suddenly with pulp prices down, they are headed for <BR>greener = pastures. Well,=20 their misfortune can be our gain. With grit and determination we can = take back=20 what was <BR>always ours. Let=92s BUY BACK THE MERSEY! = <BR><BR></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D+2>If that land gets sold, Nova Scotians ask, can we still hunt = back there?=20 Can we fish? Can we access our camps? <BR>Can we canoe, kayak, or run = our ATVs?=20 How about the incredible network of roads, trails, lakes, streams, and=20 <BR>portages some of which have been in use since before Columbus? How = about the=20 forest resource itself? Will <BR>small mills and forest operators be = able to=20 manage the lands - generations of Nova Scotians have earned their = <BR>living=20 back there. ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS: YOU BET! <BR><BR>A growing = alliance=20 of NGOs and passionate champions of these lands, the St. Margaret=92s = Bay Back=20 Country Coalition, the BBCC, with the land=92s fate clearly in the = balance, has=20 been hard at work poring over maps, preparing briefs and presentations, = lobbying=20 government, and building a case. Roughly the lands can be saved in = thirds:<BR>-=20 SAVE 1/3 AS A PROTECTED AREA<BR>- MANAGE THE REST AS A WORKING FOREST = FOR, WITH,=20 AND BY NOVA SCOTIANS<BR>- USE ALL THE LANDS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, FOR = HUNTING,=20 FISHING, AND RECREATION<BR></FONT><BR></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CD6329.1422DB10--
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