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February 28, 2014

NATURALLY: DEADWOOD BRINGS FOREST ALIVE

February 28, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: The Chronicle Herald
Over the course of his forestry career, my father, a forest technician, woodlot owner, silviculture and harvesting contractor, has come full circle in his approach to dead and dying trees. Once considered a nuisance, he now sees deadwood as an essential component of a healthy forest ecosystem. A graduate of the Maritime Forest Ranger School in 1976, Dad began his career in silviculture as an early proponent of the industrial agro-forestry approach of the day. (read more)