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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_42AB165D-F115-4E82-AEA5-7528EABACDBA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousands of years for = wide variety of uses and there is a method in which you use to properly = peel the bark without killing the tree. In fact, I will be going out = this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by = traditional Mi'kmaq healers. Generally speaking the tree suffers no = damage and quickly heals. Trees that have been harvested are called = CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this also applies = to longer growing species. CMT's have recently become the subject of = archaeological and anthropological research in BC. Locations where = CMT's are found have formed the basis for protection against logging, = clear cutting or biomass harvesting. On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > The following text of an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine = (Summer '13) caught my attention: >=20 > "It's white birch bark harvest season! We need to buy bark from = thousands of trees in June and July!" >=20 > =46rom the contact email I tracked down the company website: > http://www.birchbarkvt.com/ >=20 > I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree. The = website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) of = this activity. >=20 > Nancy --Apple-Mail=_42AB165D-F115-4E82-AEA5-7528EABACDBA Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Diso-8859-1"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The = Mi'kmaq have been harvesting birch bark for thousands of years for wide = variety of uses and there is a method in which you use to properly peel = the bark without killing the tree. In fact, I will be going out = this weekend to harvest bark to make birchbark oil that is used by = traditional Mi'kmaq healers. Generally speaking the tree suffers = no damage and quickly heals. Trees that have been harvested are = called CMT's (Culturally Modified Trees) by researchers and this = also applies to longer growing species. CMT's have recently become = the subject of archaeological and anthropological research in BC. = Locations where CMT's are found have formed the basis for = protection against logging, clear cutting or biomass = harvesting.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2013-07-05, at 7:59 AM, = nancy dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>The following text of = an ad on p.10 of Northern Woodlands magazine (Summer '13) caught my = attention:<br><br></div>"It's white birch bark harvest season! We need = to buy bark from thousands of trees in June and July!"<br> <br></div>=46rom the contact email I tracked down the company = website:<br><a = href=3D"http://www.birchbarkvt.com/">http://www.birchbarkvt.com/</a><br><b= r></div>I though stripping birch bark from trees would kill the tree. = The website says nothing about the safety to the trees (or lack thereof) = of this activity.<br> <br></div>Nancy<br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_42AB165D-F115-4E82-AEA5-7528EABACDBA--
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