Clearcut and dried I’m happy to be reading about the most important issue in the province (“Clearcutting our losses,” cover story by Joan Baxter, Oct 5). Everything else pales when we face a future without habitats for species besides human. There are majestic beasts in this province—not just rats and squirrels/pigeons of the city. Let’s […]
Clearcutting
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Clearcutting our losses
In June, the residents of Wentworth Valley awoke to an unfamiliar—and unwelcome—noise. Tree-harvesting machinery had made its way up the western slopes of the valley and was chewing through the mixed Acadian forest atop the mountain. By the time the media reported the story, the machines—working day and night—had already clearcut nearly 200 acres and […]