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Happy New Year forests enthusiasts: Is there anyone you think is worthy of this award? >The Department of Natural Resources is accepting nominations > until Jan. 31 for the 2001 Woodlot Owner of the Year Award. > >If you know of a knowledgeable woodlot owner who takes care in > managing their woodlot and considers the future when making >decisions concerning their land, you know a good candidate for >the award. > > "There are outstanding woodlot owners throughout this province >and the Woodlot Owner of the Year award is a great way to > showcase these individuals and their property," said Natural > Resources Minister Ernest Fage. "We're looking for those people > who put a little extra thought and care into their woodlot > activities." > > Any resident of Nova Scotia who owns between 20 and 400 hectares- > -50 to 1000 acres--of woodland and is agreeable to hosting a >field day on their woodlot is eligible for the award. Nominations >are evaluated based on the quality of harvesting and other >activities on the woodlot, practice and maintenance of high >environmental standards and the woodlot owner's efforts at >improving the condition, access, and health of their woodland. >Past winners include Tom and Bill Skinner of South Berwick, Kings > Co., Harold Hearn of Princedale, Annapolis Co., George Chisholm > of Bear River, Digby Co., Earle Tanner of Hardwood Lands, Hants > Co. and Maxie MacNeil of Highland Hill, Victoria Co. > >Besides the recognition, the winning landowners receive a plaque, signs >to post on their woodlot and a major prize such as a chain saw. > > To nominate a woodlot owner, submit the person's name, address, > telephone number, woodlot size and location, to any Natural > Resources office. Nominations can also be sent to Tim Whynot at >the Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, N.S., > B3J 2T9; by fax to 902-424-7735; or e-mail twwhynot@gov.ns.ca . > > For more information please phone Mr. Whynot at 902-424-5444. > Employees of the Department of Natural Resources are not eligible >for the award. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- A word from our lawyers ... Don't forget ... COPYRIGHT material, such as newspaper/magazine articles cannot be posted on sust-mar without the owner's permission. It's against the law. CROSS-POSTINGS (messages from other lists) are also discouraged. In either case, why not tell us something about the issue in your own words? Or ... send a clipping along with the URL where the original can be found, or directions how to join the list it came from? Takes a few more minutes, but makes for a more interesting sust-mar ... :)
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