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A Walk in the Woods: Ecological forestry opportunity available

So much for our deep winter snowpack melting slowly and replenishing our groundwater.

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It is amazing what a few days of warm temperatures, wind, and rain can do to deep snow. Now that most of the snow has melted away, we will have weeks of alternating warm, wet, and cold spells. The spring conditions automatically make you want to spend more time outside when the weather is nice. Gardeners are getting the itch to plant, and woodland owners are wanting to spend more time in the forest.

Over the last couple decades, I have noticed a distinct change in attitudes and priorities of Nova Scotia woodland owners in general. Before 2000, a large number of landowners commonly felt that the best way to manage their woodland properties was to clear cut much mature timber at one time, followed by site preparation work to prepare the site for replanting. This was then followed by planting mainly one tree species in large numbers and tightly spaced.

However, since that time, there has been a very obvious shift in woodland owner values and........

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