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On 5/6/2017 5:52 PM, Donna Crossland wrote:
> It would seem that if we obtain consistently low numbers of barred owls
> in the clearcut landscapes compared to intact landscapes, then the owl
> census data may support what we pretty much already deduce using some
> common sense: barred owls and other owl species are forest dwellers and
> cannot thrive in the current harvest regime that has overtaken this
> province.
>
> In my opinion, it’s time to start using _years_ of bird data for
> something extremely useful: habitat protection, enhancing awareness of
> forest harvest impacts on a range of bird species, demanding a silent
> period for harvesting during nesting periods, etc.
* somebody should do the GIS on this, and hammer the authorities with
the results. Owls are symbols of wisdom, so they'd be good totems for
the folly of clearcut forestry techniques.
fred.
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