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--Apple-Mail-13-1054543575 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Another thing about the Herald article June 9/14: today the Herald =20 admitted a spelling error re Betty Hodgson's last name [not Hodges] =20 in the story and the photo caption. Betty is the widow of the late =20 Colin Stewart. Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 9, 2014 5:30:51 PM ADT > To: Betty Hodgson <ejhodgsonca@yahoo.com>, Margaret & George =20 > Alliston <alliston@xcountry.tv>, Sherman Williams =20 > <shermwms@eastlink.ca>, Ruth Newell <ruth.newell@acadiau.ca>, =20 > Melanie Priesnitz <melanie.priesnitz@acadiau.ca>, Peter Romkey =20 > <peter.romkey@acadiau.ca>, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: re Glossy Buckthorn & Pugwash Estuary Nature Reserve > > As a small aside, note the list of plants at the end of the Herald =20 > article. One name on it is 'Canada mayflower', which probably =20 > refers to wild or 'false' lily-of-the-valley. Just pointing out =20 > the problem of common names and whose to 'accept' -- in my case, =20 > how I learned my plants (in Alberta) matters a bit, and then there =20 > is what I think of as common sense, e.g. my own 'false' would apply =20= > here to our garden version of lily-of-the-valley, not the native =20 > wild one. > > Anyhow, what mappers much more here is how to 'control' this very =20 > nasty invasive plant. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> >> Date: June 9, 2014 2:11:31 PM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Hi Donna & All, >> I am talking about Rhamnus frangula AKA, Frangula alnus & =20 >> Glossy Buckthorn. >> >> Cutting most woody perennials, including Glossy Buckthorn, off =20= >> at the wrong time is quite ineffective as you say. >> >> But for cutting to have maximum effect they should be cut off =20= >> at the right time; just after current photosynthates have been =20 >> spent growing shoots, roots and fruit but before downward flow =20 >> into roots for storage commences. For most woody plants here =20 >> August is safe. >> >> And they do flop over when stands become dense especially if =20 >> there are full scale trees nearby. They expend too much energy =20 >> keep leaves in sunlight and not enough in stem diameter. If by =20 >> chance a bunch become bent over by snow or ice it is game over. >> >> This plant was brought over by the Acadians probably as a =20 >> source of good porous charcoal for gunpowder. Do you not find it =20 >> curious that it has become a 'pest' only in recent decades ? Why =20 >> did it just sit around hatching evil plans for nearly 400 years ? >> >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Donna Crossland >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 12:13 PM >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn >> >> I've worked with glossy buckthorn for several years now. Glossy =20 >> buckthorn that is merely cut down will absolutely regrow =20 >> vigorously unless it is re-cut over many years (similar to cutting =20= >> down alder bushes-they spring back up with astounding rapidity). =20 >> They will absolutely not flop over and perish. (If only!) This =20 >> must be some other plant, or this site has been contaminated with =20 >> something. >> >> The decision to used glyphosate very sparingly (taking care to =20 >> apply it directly on the plant and not using spray that may drift =20 >> and hit non-target native plants) is not one to be taken lightly. =20= >> Those who have made the decision to use it were oftentimes anti-=20 >> spray/anti=3Dchemical folks just like me, who were forced to rethink =20= >> a long-term strategy after extensive research and consultation =20 >> with experts about the ecological traits of this species. After =20 >> trying cutting, pulling, and girdling, I=92ve revised my thinking to =20= >> add an additional =91tool to the toolbox=92. (Obviously another =20 >> =91tool=92 that must be included is public education, and so the =20 >> Herald article is a good start.) Glyphosate is now used (though =20 >> as sparingly as possible by painting foliage and/ordabbing it =20 >> directly on cut stumps) in several of our national parks in =20 >> eastern Canada and also by the Nature Conservancy. Glossy =20 >> buckthorn is rapidly closing in within Kejimkujik National Park, =20 >> as well as along the riparian zones of the Mersey and Medway =20 >> rivers. It is rapidly appearing all over the province. Some =20 >> small woodlot owners who have carried out careful selection =20 >> harvests on their woodlot have received an invasion of glossy =20 >> buckthorn instead of valuable native tree species. (This is a =20 >> serious impact to their economic returns, and some are waiting for =20= >> DNR to provide some direction on this new and serious problem.) =20 >> Since it has the ability to grow in shade of undisturbed forests, =20 >> as well as more open situations, there is almost no where that it =20 >> cannot establish. Sean Blaney at the Conservation Data Centre =20 >> informs me that it can take over and literally transform fens. =20 >> Fruit at cathartic to birds, and we are now left to question =20 >> whether it may even impact the ability for some avian species to =20 >> fatten up for migratory flights... (more research required). I =20 >> don't mean to be alarmist, but if we don't want to see =20 >> great,impenetrable walls of glossy buckthorns in protected areas =20 >> and other biologically diverse areas, then the initiatives that =20 >> were otherwise criticised below must be adopted. >> >> If you do not yet have glossy buckthorn on your land, I suggest =20 >> you look again (it is easily overlooked), or wait for its =20 >> arrival. Coming soon to a place near you! This is the =93new = normal=94. >> >> Donna Crossland >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 >> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John and Nhung >> Sent: June-09-14 11:02 AM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn >> >> I don't know the peculiarities of this invasive and hope I don't =20 >> find out. >> >> In any case, keep sharing those words of wisdom, David! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 >> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] >> >> On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster >> >> Sent: June-09-14 9:55 AM >> >> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn >> >> Dear All, June 9, 2014 >> >> I see some glysophate salesman has struck the mother lode. =20 >> Using it to control Glossy Buckthorn on 1,100 acres by pulling out =20= >> seedlings and painting glysophate on cut stumps of larger growth. =20 >> At 1/2 acre per Sunday it will take 2200 Sundays or 42 years. =20 >> Meanwhile birds in fruit season can sow 1,100 acres by noon. And =20 >> if the soil has been disturbed by pulling up seedlings then the =20 >> take should be very good. >> >> http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1213245-glossy-buckthorn-=20 >> feels-the-w >> >> rath-of-volunteers-in-pugwash-estuary >> >> And all this enthusiastic trampling will no doubt inflict =20 >> damage on the native plants that they intend to protect. >> >> When one of these are cut they have to be hung upside down to =20 >> prevent the cut ends from rooting; according to this article. >> >> They must be dealing with a very different strain of Glossy =20 >> Buckthorn than the one I know. A road that I cut through some =20 >> dense Buckthorn thickets, just after fruit maturity when they are =20 >> most vulnerable, in 2002 has not regrown. If left alone they will =20 >> eventually flop over and perish. >> >> Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3955/7648 - Release Date: =20 >> 06/09/14 >> > --Apple-Mail-13-1054543575 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Another thing about the Herald article June 9/14: today the Herald = admitted a spelling error re Betty Hodgson's last name [not Hodges] in = the story and the photo caption. Betty is the widow of the late = Colin Stewart. Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Jim (James W.) Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 9, 2014 5:30:51 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Betty Hodgson <<a = href=3D"mailto:ejhodgsonca@yahoo.com">ejhodgsonca@yahoo.com</a>>, = Margaret & George Alliston <<a = href=3D"mailto:alliston@xcountry.tv">alliston@xcountry.tv</a>>, = Sherman Williams <<a = href=3D"mailto:shermwms@eastlink.ca">shermwms@eastlink.ca</a>>, Ruth = Newell <<a = href=3D"mailto:ruth.newell@acadiau.ca">ruth.newell@acadiau.ca</a>>, = Melanie Priesnitz <<a = href=3D"mailto:melanie.priesnitz@acadiau.ca">melanie.priesnitz@acadiau.ca<= /a>>, Peter Romkey <<a = href=3D"mailto:peter.romkey@acadiau.ca">peter.romkey@acadiau.ca</a>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>re Glossy Buckthorn & Pugwash = Estuary Nature Reserve</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> As a small aside, note the list of plants at the end = of the Herald article. One name on it is 'Canada mayflower', which = probably refers to wild or 'false' lily-of-the-valley. Just = pointing out the problem of common names and whose to 'accept' -- in my = case, how I learned my plants (in Alberta) matters a bit, and then there = is what I think of as common sense, e.g. my own 'false' would apply here = to our garden version of lily-of-the-valley, not the native wild = one.<div><br></div><div>Anyhow, what mappers much more here is how to = 'control' this very nasty invasive = plant. <div><br></div><div> Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">June 9, 2014 2:11:31 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Glossy = Buckthorn</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <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: 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; font-size: medium; "><div>Hi Donna = & All,</div><div> I am talking about Rhamnus = frangula AKA, Frangula alnus & Glossy = Buckthorn.</div><div> </div><div> Cutting most = woody perennials, including Glossy Buckthorn, off at the wrong time = is quite ineffective as you = say.</div><div> </div><div> But for cutting = to have maximum effect they should be cut off at the = right time; just after current photosynthates have been spent growing = shoots, roots and fruit but before downward flow into roots for storage = commences. For most woody plants here August is = safe.</div><div> </div><div> And they do flop = over when stands become dense especially if there are full scale trees = nearby. They expend too much energy keep leaves = in sunlight and not enough in stem diameter. If by chance a bunch = become bent over by snow or ice it is game = over. </div><div> </div><div> This = plant was brought over by the Acadians probably as a source of good = porous charcoal for gunpowder. Do you not find it curious that it has = become a 'pest' only in recent decades ? Why did it just sit around = hatching evil plans for nearly 400 years = ?</div><div> </div><div>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville</div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"border-left-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; = padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: = 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; = background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"dcrossland@eastlink.ca" = href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">Donna Crossland</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, = June 09, 2014 12:13 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [NatureNS] Glossy = Buckthorn</div><div><br></div><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">I've worked with glossy buckthorn = for</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">several years now. Glossy buckthorn that is = merely cut down will absolutely</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">regrow</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><u><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">vigorously</font></u></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>unless</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">it is</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>re-cut</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">over many years</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>(similar to cutting down = alder bushes</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">-they spring back</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>up with</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">astounding</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">rapidity</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">). </font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Consolas">They = will absolutely not flop over and perish.</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">(If only!)</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"></font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Consolas">This = must be some other</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>plant</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">, or this site has been = contaminated with something</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">.</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">The decision to used glyphosate = very sparingly (taking care to apply it</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><u><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font= face=3D"Consolas">directly</font></u></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>on = the plant</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and not using spray that = may</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>drift and hit = non-target</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span= class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>native plants) is not one = to be taken light</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">ly. Those who have made the</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">decision</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>to = use it were</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>oftentimes</font></span><span= lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>anti-spray/anti=3Dchemical = folks just like me, who were forced to rethink a long-term strategy = after extensive researc</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">h and consultation with experts</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>about the ecological traits = of this species</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">. </font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Consolas">After= trying cutting, pulling, and girdling, I</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">=92</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">ve revised my thinking to add an = additional</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">=91</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">tool to the toolbox</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">=92</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">. </font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">(</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">O</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">bviously another</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span= class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">=91</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">tool</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">=92</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>that = must be included is public education, and so t</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">he Herald article is a good = start.) </font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">Glyphosate is now used (though as sparingly as = possible by painting</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">foliage</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and/or</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">dabbing it directly on cut = stumps) in several of our national parks</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>in eastern = Canada</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and also by the Nature = Conservancy. Glossy buckthorn is rapidly</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">closing in</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">within Kejimkujik National Park, as well as = along</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Consolas">the = riparian zone</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">s = of</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>the Mersey and Medway = rivers. </font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Consolas">It = is rapidly appearing all over the province. </font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">Some small woodlot owners who have carried out careful = selec</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">tion = harvests on their woodlot have received an invasion of glossy buckthorn = instead of valuable native tree species. (</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">This is a serious impact to their = economic returns, and some are waiting for DNR to provide some direction = on this new and serious problem.) </font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">Since it has the ability to grow in shade of = undisturbed forests, as well as more open situations, there is almost no = where that it cannot establish. </font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">Sean Blaney at the Conservation Data Centre informs me = that it can take over and</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">literally</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"></font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">transform</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>fens.</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> </font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">Fruit at cathartic to birds, and we are = no</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">w</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>left = to question whether it may even</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">impact</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>the = ability</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>for some</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">avian</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">species</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>to = fatten up for migratory flights... (more research re</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">quired). I don't mean to be = alarmist, but if we don't want to see great,</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">impenetrable</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>walls of glossy buckthorns = in protected areas and other biologically diverse areas, then the = initiatives that</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">were</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>other</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">wise criticised below must be = adopted. </font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">If you do not yet have glossy buckthorn on your land, = I suggest you look again (it is eas</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">ily overlooked), or wait for its = arrival. Coming soon to a place near you!</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> This is = the</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Consolas">=93</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">new normal</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">=94</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">.</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Donna = Crossland</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span><span lang=3D"en-us"><font = face=3D"Consolas">-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca</a>] On Behalf Of John and Nhung<br>Sent: June-09-14 11:02 = AM<br>To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Sub= ject: RE: [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">I don't know the peculiarities of this invasive and = hope I don't find out. </font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">In any case, keep sharing those = words of wisdom, David!</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">-----Original = Message-----</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">From:</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></a><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></a><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">]</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">On Behalf Of David & Alison = Webster</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">Sent: June-09-14 9:55 AM</font></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">To:</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></a><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Subject: = [NatureNS] Glossy Buckthorn</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Dear = All, &nbs= p; = June 9, 2014</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas"> I see some = glysophate salesman has struck the mother lode. Using it to control = Glossy Buckthorn on 1,100 acres by pulling out seedlings and painting = glysophate on cut stumps of larger growth. At 1/2 acre per Sunday it = will take 2200 Sundays or 42 years. Meanwhile birds in fruit season can = sow 1,100 acres by noon. And if the soil has been disturbed by pulling = up seedlings then the take should be very good.</font></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span><a = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1213245-glossy-buckthorn-f= eels-the-w"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1213245-glossy-b= uckthorn-feels-the-w</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></a><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas">rath-of-volunteers-in-pugwash-estuary</font></span></p><= p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"> And all this enthusiastic trampling = will no doubt inflict damage on the native plants that they intend to = protect.</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"> When one of these are cut they have to be hung = upside down to prevent the cut ends from rooting; according to this = article.</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Consolas"> They must be dealing with a very = different strain of Glossy Buckthorn than the one I know. A road that I = cut through some dense Buckthorn thickets, just after fruit maturity = when they are most vulnerable, in 2002 has not regrown. If left alone = they will eventually flop over and perish.</font></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Consolas">Yours truly, = Dave Webster, Kentville</font></span></p><a></a><p align=3D"left" = color=3D"#000000" avgcert??=3D"">No virus found in this = message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2014.0.4592 / = Virus Database: 3955/7648 - Release Date: = 06/09/14</p></blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></block= quote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-13-1054543575--
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