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d points about preserving working woodland.  I have the impression tha=
t working <em>farmland</em> is better protected, but maybe that is a matter=
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was once told about the fate of a mature sugar maple woodlot in the hardwoo=
d hills of Pictou County.  It had been carefully managed for maple syr=
up production for generations.  When Grandpa died, none of the family =
could take it on.  They all agreed that it should only be sold to some=
one who planned to continue the operation.  They found a buyer who pro=
mised to do so.  The next year, he clearcut the acreage and sold 200 y=
ear old sugar maples <em>for firewood.  </em>The granddaughter who tol=
d me this was alternately enraged, and teary-eyed, at the folly of it.<em><=
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<span style=3D"font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">Ald=
o Leopold's style may not be to your taste, Dave, but he was an early v=
oice in proposing conservation.  Have you ever read any of the essays =
of Wendell Berry?  I'd recommend his earlier collections, beginnin=
g with <span style=3D"text-decoration: underline;">The Unsettling of Americ=
a</span> (1977) and <span style=3D"text-decoration: underline;">The Gift of=
Good Land</span> (1981).   The Library at Acadia has some of his=
books.<em><br/></em></span>
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ricia L. Chalmers<br/></span>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Hi Dave and all,</span></p>=20
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I agree that we need more alternatives for=
saving our patches of land for future generations.</span></p>=20
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>A number of years ago, on one my birding f=
ield 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 countr=
y 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 d=
o 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 th=
e 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 thes=
e 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 responsibilit=
y to care for and enhance during the time we dwell on the land.</span></p>=
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