“I have spoken with a couple of forestry people who tell me that, in their opinion, the Corbett-Dalhousie forest is unique among what remains of our Crown land forests in Annapolis County.”
Photo from Annapolis Royal & Area – Environment & Ecology illustrates some of the intact forest
View Ground Truthing – Group plans to walk the woods; hopes observations, reports will save Crown forests
Lawrence Powell in Annapolis County Spectator, Mar 27, 2019
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Bev Wigney, writing today on Annapolis Royal & Area – Environment & Ecology:
“EMAIL sent to INFORMATION MORNING just now:
“I appreciated hearing the interview with Bill Lahey and his explanation of the differing management strategies for multi-aged Acadian Forest versus softwood forests that are more prone to disturbance regimes. I think I may speak for many of us — the “groups” or “individuals” whom Minister Rankin referred to on March 25th — those who are very concerned about the unabated clear-cutting in the wake of the Lahey Report. It’s not that we have no grasp of forestry, but that we have lost whatever faith we had in the consultative process to determine which forest stands should be subjected to aggressive harvest prescriptions.
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