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common sense: barred owls and other owl species are forest dwellers
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Interesting John!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">One thing rarely mentioned is biomass i=
s calculated<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">as renewable energy - same as wind or s=
olar.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">In this day when decreasing CO2 from no=
n renewable energy<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">takes on a political importance, it pla=
ces a great strain on our<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">forests as well as in lots of other cou=
ntries.<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Its not only our forestry practices tha=
t need to be looked at<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">but our energy practices that are drivi=
ng the biomass bonaza!<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span>
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On May 8, 2017 at 9:47 AM John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca=
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ns-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Donna and all,</span></p>=20
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',sa=
ns-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thank you, Donna, for posting the url of the gl=
obal forest watch site. I=E2=80=99ve been looking for a tool to try to meas=
ure the clearcutting that takes place after the construction of wind farms =
in Nova Scotia. While it is claimed that wind energy has a small environmen=
tal foot print, this notion does not account for the extreme clearcutting t=
hat often takes place in and around wind farms after the pre-and-post const=
ruction studies have been completed. Wind farms require super-highway-like =
roads to traverse a forest to transport the large cranes for construction, =
maintenance, and eventual de-commissioning of wind farms. These forest high=
ways allow pulp trucks to travel deep into the forest which I suspect great=
ly decreases the labour cost for removing timber while at the same time inc=
reasing the speed and extent of forest harvest and extraction.</span></p>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: 'Calibri',sa=
ns-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Concerning the displacement of wildlife from cl=
earcuts, I would like to add a couple of points. As studies have shown, dif=
ferent species of birds benefit from the different stages of forest success=
ion. While clearcutting might be a disaster for Ovenbirds, Black-throated G=
reen Warblers, and Red-eyed Vireos in mature forests, it can become a bonan=
za for White-throated Sparrows, Chestnut-sided Warblers, and Common Yellowt=
hroats in an early succession forest. The problem now, as you point out so =
well in your posts and articles, is the extent of forest disturbance. True,=
there is a great problem for forest refugees that cannot find a home elsew=
here. But the wildlife that still have a home may be equally threatened by =
the lack of forest connectivity. No animal is an island anymore than no per=
son is an island. I hope that we can come to a better understanding of the =
importance of forest connectivity in sustaining wildlife communities and ho=
w our current forest practices maybe impacting this connectivity.</span></p=
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