Part 1: Proposed logging operations on crown land threaten the last remaining wild population of Atlantic whitefish. The question is, what happened to the science that says so?
Looking forward to reading Part Two. This account certainly helps to explain why Paul Tufts' 1981 fieldwork report for DNR, ""An Evaluation of Moose Habitat in South Western Nova Scotia" doesn't seem to be referred to and has perhaps been "lost" -- and his recommendations to *not* build roads into and alter one of the last remaining strongholds of the Mainland Moose in SW Nova Scotia gone ignored. Somewhere a great black hole seems to be swallowing the science that should be utilized to protect endangered species in this province.
Shocking at so many levels, unfortunately not surprising. Thx for documenting it all LR, especially the 'cleansing of forestry from the Recovery document. A big difference between the 2006 and 2018 Recovery docs- the first (with forestry included) was a federal, DFO doc. The second (with forestry excluded) is a Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry (now NRR) document. Do we need any clearer demonstration of the conflicts of interest when the fox guards the henhouse?
Linda, thanks for this article and all the work you are doing with the Quaking Swamp Journal. It's discouraging that the science that should be guiding our interactions with the natural world is so often being corrupted and twisted, sometimes through omission, to protect the status quo. Happy Earth Day to all!
Tetraplodon is one of two species of dung mosses that actually grow on rotting carnivore dung. They don't mimic the dung odour. This patch of dung was spotted in the Minamkeak area on an old grassed road that leads to a marvellous swamp. Spores carried to rotting dung on feet and bodies of insects, mainly flies, crawl over the dung and the spores germinate to form a new patch of the moss. This one of two species of Tetraplodon is rare.
Looking forward to reading Part Two. This account certainly helps to explain why Paul Tufts' 1981 fieldwork report for DNR, ""An Evaluation of Moose Habitat in South Western Nova Scotia" doesn't seem to be referred to and has perhaps been "lost" -- and his recommendations to *not* build roads into and alter one of the last remaining strongholds of the Mainland Moose in SW Nova Scotia gone ignored. Somewhere a great black hole seems to be swallowing the science that should be utilized to protect endangered species in this province.
Shocking at so many levels, unfortunately not surprising. Thx for documenting it all LR, especially the 'cleansing of forestry from the Recovery document. A big difference between the 2006 and 2018 Recovery docs- the first (with forestry included) was a federal, DFO doc. The second (with forestry excluded) is a Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry (now NRR) document. Do we need any clearer demonstration of the conflicts of interest when the fox guards the henhouse?
Linda, thanks for this article and all the work you are doing with the Quaking Swamp Journal. It's discouraging that the science that should be guiding our interactions with the natural world is so often being corrupted and twisted, sometimes through omission, to protect the status quo. Happy Earth Day to all!
first rate reporting, Linda.
Tetraplodon is one of two species of dung mosses that actually grow on rotting carnivore dung. They don't mimic the dung odour. This patch of dung was spotted in the Minamkeak area on an old grassed road that leads to a marvellous swamp. Spores carried to rotting dung on feet and bodies of insects, mainly flies, crawl over the dung and the spores germinate to form a new patch of the moss. This one of two species of Tetraplodon is rare.
Excellent Documentary on the Whitefish and habitat in the Watershed.