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Thanks for this, Caitlin. It clarifies a lot.
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Some years back, a landowner with a plot of land in two adjacent =
municipal units (one a town) willed us a chunk of her land. For legal =
reasons, we were not able to assume ownership, but I remember advising =
her heirs that they could take out a conservation easement on the land =
in question. Offered to help further and never heard back, but I am =
sure the offspring honoured their ma=E2=80=99s wishes to the best of =
their ability.
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My point (question?) is that if an owner wants to protect his or her =
land and if NSNT or the Nature Conservancy of Canada doesn=E2=80=99t =
take it, the owner can take steps to apply his or her own legal =
easements on the land (can=E2=80=99t he/she??).
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Caitlin Porter
Sent: July 26, 2017 11:49 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry
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Hi all,=20
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One mechanism for protecting amazing forest parcels, eg. old growth =
forest, on your property is through a private land conservation =
organization. Those groups sometimes have the ability to help landowners =
protect their property through a conservation easement - that's a legal =
document that maintains conservation values on a property "in =
perpetuity". =20
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Those charity groups who do this work have only a few staff on hand and =
limited resources. Putting a conservation easement on a property and =
maintaining that over time is a time consuming legal process that =
requires fairly substantial funding from the NGO to cover those legal =
fees, future monitoring of the lands, etc. That means these groups only =
have the ability to take on certain properties that they can get funding =
to take on. They usually have fairly strict criteria for being able to =
take on a property. Despite that, I'd encourage anyone with something =
exceptional on their lands that they'd like to see protected to contact =
an NGO such as the Nature Trust or the Nature Conservancy of Canada and =
explore what options might be possible. Just keep in mind that the =
funding might not be there and that the amazing folks who work for those =
NGOs are working really hard behind the scenes and so it may take some =
time for them to respond to your calls or emails.
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Katie Porter=20
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM, John Kearney =
<john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
Hi Dave and all,
I agree that we need more alternatives for saving our patches of land =
for future generations.
A number of years ago, on one my birding field trips, I came upon a =
95-year old farmer working a small patch of land, surrounded by a mature =
Sugar Maple-Yellow Birch forest, in the high country of Pictou County =
with a beautiful view of the valley below. In the course of our =
conversation he expressed cynacism about what his relatives would do =
with the land when he passed away, and he lamented the fact that he knew =
of no way to ensure the protection of his lifetime of work in caring for =
the land. Today that land is part of an industrial-scale wind energy =
facility. It makes me wonder what Nova Scotia would be or could be like =
if all these patches were preserved. The choice is not between progress =
and a romantic clinging to the past as some might argue. Rather it is I =
believe, a choice between seeing the land as a commodity for our =
personal use and profit, or as a heritage, a work of art even, that we =
have a collective responsibility to care for and enhance during the time =
we dwell on the land.
John
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David
Sent: July-25-17 13:20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Cc: David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry
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Hi John & All,
I suspect conservation, and nature worship, rank high in the minds =
of most private woodlot owners.=20
I was fully disgusted with NS Nature Trust when they sniffed 'We =
don't protect that kind of woodland', when I made inquiries about =
protecting my woodlot permanently from residential/commercial =
development.=20
If you aim to protect 12% of an area then 78% is unprotected and =
what good is a pail if 78% of the bottom is missing ?
I never did read the second half of A Sand County Almanac, land =
ethic, because it was preachy and dry, but having read an old National =
Geographic article about Leopold, I now realize he preached conservation =
as a way of managing all landscapes.=20
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: "John Kearney" < <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> =
john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: 7/25/2017 12:09:33 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry
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School for Resource and Environmental Studies
MES Thesis Defence
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GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA =
SCOTIA
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By Andrew W. Kekacs
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Abstract:
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Private, non-industrial woodland owners provide more than half of the =
timber used by Nova Scotia=E2=80=99s forest products industry. Research, =
however, suggests many of these owners do not consider income from =
timber sales to be their primary reason for owning woodland. This study =
aimed to reach a holistic understanding of their attitudes and =
motivations using walking interviews on the owners=E2=80=99 woodlands =
and a grounded theory approach to analysis, in which explanations of the =
phenomena under study are induced from the data rather than being based =
on responses to survey questions or derived from a priori hypotheses. =
Forest landowners interviewed for this research were most concerned with =
the conservation =E2=80=93 and ultimately the conveyance =E2=80=93 of =
values that provide them with no immediate economic returns. The high =
value placed on these =E2=80=9Cgifts to a future world=E2=80=9D offers a =
new way to think about the design of programs meant to encourage active =
management of private forestland.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M.,=20
Room 5001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave., Halifax, NS
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