Three perspectives

Saturday, I received the Healthy Forest Coalition report to members.

Two points caught my attention:

• Removal of industrial forestry from Crown Lands;
• Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV) becomes the only portal for responses to planned harvests on public land.

This lead to the conclusion.

”This position makes it explicit that public concerns about landscape level decisions for industrial forestry activity will not be entertained.”

Monday, I received the latest quarterly newsletter from the Bras D’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve.

It included contributions on ‘Getting involved in Citizen Science’ by Kirsty Lock, ‘Mesonet Observations’ by Jonathan Buffett and ‘Springs in the Bras D’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve’ by Fred Baechter.

Also, on Monday I listened to a CBC interview on Indigenous Architecture.

Tonight (21st) TVO is showing the film ‘From Earth to Sky’. This struck me as pertinent, given the design of the new wing at COGS.

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Over the weekend, Heather and I went up to the family homestead in South Victoria. We were struck by the changes in land use in that part of the province. Many fields were being recolonized by trees and shrubs. And yet, the communities (e.g. Tatamagouche, Pugwash) are eagerly waiting for the loosening of COVID restrictions.

I would encourage members of Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve to look closely at the newsletter from Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve. There are many ideas relevant to this region.

I would also encourage the NSCC to consider ways of integrating the new wing into the COGS building, perhaps within the context of indigenous architecture and landscape design.

Acknowledgements

Bob Howard for passing conversations on landscape design. Heather shared the travels over the weekend. Edward added his graphics.

References

Healthy Forest Coalition newsletter, June 19,2021

Bras D’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve newsletter, Summer Solstice Edition, June 21,2021.

TVO documentary, June 21, 2021, From Earth to Sky.