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ns-serif; font-size: 12pt;">&#160;&#160;& --001a114387c2bdb19905553bf716 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What is MICA, please? On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:18 PM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca < rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Interesting stuff John and Dave! Good stuff for thoughts. > One project that I had a small part in was MICA and it was successful > beyond my wildest dreams. Their WWW site will bring folks up to date on > their > accomplishments. No need for me to list them here. > Every community would do well to copy the plan. > Unfortunately most folks are more into spending money than making it! > They got things to sell! at a big price no doubt! > Other folks want to impose their rules. > Its never easy but we made it work! > Enjoy the summer > Paul > > > On July 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 wit= h > a beautiful view of the valley below. In the course of our conversation h= e > expressed cynacism about what his relatives would do with the land when h= e > passed away, and he lamented the fact that he knew of no way to ensure th= e > protection of his lifetime of work in caring for the land. Today that lan= d > 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 > > > > *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 > > > > Hi John & All, > > I suspect conservation, and nature worship, rank high in the minds of > most private woodlot owners. > > 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. > > 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 Geographi= c > article about Leopold, I now realize he preached conservation as a way of > managing all landscapes. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "John Kearney" <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: 7/25/2017 12:09:33 PM > > Subject: [NatureNS] A Hopeful Perspective on NS Forestry > > > > School for Resource and Environmental Studies > > MES Thesis Defence > > > > GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA SCOTI= A > > > > By Andrew W. Kekacs > > > > *Abstract:* > > > > 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 approac= h 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 ultimate= ly the > conveyance =E2=80=93 of values that provide them with no immediate econom= ic > 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. > > > > ------ > > Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M., > > Room 5001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building > > 6100 University Ave., Halifax, NS > > > > > > --=20 Nancy Robinson 514-605-7186 --001a114387c2bdb19905553bf716 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">What is MICA, please?<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">= <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:18 PM, <a href=3D"= mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a> <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"= >rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Interesting stuff John and Dave! Good stu= ff for thoughts.</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">One project that I had a small part in wa= s MICA and it was successful<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">beyond my wildest dreams. Their WWW site = will bring folks up to date on their<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">accomplishments. No need for me to list t= hem here.</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Every community would do well to copy the= plan.<br></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Unfortunately most folks are more into sp= ending money than making it!</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">They got things to sell! a