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Hon. John Lohr:
I have wondered for many years why nearly all Crown Land cuttings
are clear cuts; and I think I now understand why. I wrote to the DNR
minister Nov. 21 but I expect he has has no time for public input. So I
am writing you in the hope that some opportunity may arise for you to
personally ask a few pointed questions.
Some weeks ago I noticed a comment on Facebook which implied that
cutting rights on Crown Land were for one specific harvest as opposed to
perpetual but marketable rights. A reading of the Crown Land Act appears
to confirm this; excerpt below.
"Sale of resources
31 (1) The Minister may offer timber or other resources from Crown lands
for sale by tender, public auction or other means upon such terms as the
Minister deems expedient.
(2) Subsequent to a sale pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister may
issue a licence upon such terms and conditions as the Minister deems
appropriate.
(3) No licence issued pursuant to this Section shall be granted for a
longer period than two years or renewed for a longer period than twelve
months at any one time./R.S., c. 114, s. 31."/
If a logging company does not have perpetual cutting rights to a
given block of woodland then they will have no incentive to manage it
for maximum profit over the long haul and every incentive to aim for
maximum immediate profit which naturally will be to clear cut it.
Consequently, for sound management of Crown Land forests, Clause
31(3) should be modified so that cutting rights are perpetual with
provision to sell rights back to Crown if a company closes operations.
RATIONALE:
Apart from soil degradation, bald spots and erosion which may
follow clear cutting the greatest fault is loss of revenue. The
productivity curve following a typical clear cut is described in Farm
Woodlots in Eastern Canada, E. S. Richards, Ottawa, 120 pp., 1939. on
page 15. After a clear cut it takes 30 years to grow 2 cord of Spruce
and yield in the second 30 years is 42 cord.
The primary advantage of selective cutting, which I have practiced
for 77 years, is that the slow growth of young trees occurs in the
spaces between larger trees. Consequently, in an uneven aged
selectively cut stand, that initial 30 year period of vanishingly low
yield is eliminated. In addition, clear cuts lead to overstocked
regrowth and a huge non-commercial thinning investment.
Please note that Richards, in this 1939 publication, advocates
selective cutting. And this was a period where felling options would
have been axe or crosscut saw. Currently, using chainsaws or felling
equipment, selective cutting is far easier than it would have been prior
to 1939.
Yours truly,
David H. Webster, Kentville
902-678-7824
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<p>Hon. John Lohr:</p>
<p> I have wondered for many years why nearly all Crown Land
cuttings are clear cuts; and I think I now understand why. I wrote
to the DNR minister Nov. 21 but I expect he has has no time for
public input. So I am writing you in the hope that some
opportunity may arise for you to personally ask a few pointed
questions.</p>
<p> Some weeks ago I noticed a comment on Facebook which implied
that cutting rights on Crown Land were for one specific harvest as
opposed to perpetual but marketable rights. A reading of the Crown
Land Act appears to confirm this; excerpt below.</p>
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(1) The Minister may offer timber or other resources from Crown
lands for sale by tender, public auction or other means upon
such terms as the Minister deems expedient.</p>
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Subsequent to a sale pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister
may issue a licence upon such terms and conditions as the
Minister deems appropriate.</p>
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purs