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Tag A Tree program is desperate attempt by Albertan environmentalists to save Kananaskis
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by ppeggy | April 18, 2007 at 12:54 pm
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Ted Morton, Alberta Minister of Sustainable Development, has turned a deaf ear to pleas from thousands of Alberta residents to stop clear-cutting forests. He says the Forestry Management Agreement with Spray Lakes Sawmills is a done deal, and clear-cutting in Kananaskis will begin this spring. The agreement allows Spray Lakes to cut 1600 hectares of trees annually in this highly-popular recreational area west of Calgary. In a desperate last-ditch attempt to stop the destruction of this popular recreational area west of Calgary, several groups of concerned citizens have designed a Tag A Tree program to begin this May. Their slogan is 'Save Kananaskis: it's worth it'.
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at 08:07 on April 19th, 2007
I had a discussion the other day with an Alberta artist who said that he'd been successful defending outskirts of his own property from clear cutting by performing 'cultural modifications' on some of the trees, ie painting and carving them, because at that point the trees become protected under some kind of cultural law. I thought it was an interesting strategy to protect forests.
at 15:26 on April 19th, 2007
Albertans have so many issues related to the oils & gas industry to consider, like polution from gas flares, production of greenhouse gases, destruction of vast swaths of the lanscape and consumption and contamination of the precious little water we have available, the logging of a highly valued forest reserve is easily overlooked. This forest, west of Calgary, is part of a critical water supply for the city and provides an important natural area for wildlife and recreation. Despite repeated calls for an end to logging, the government is ignoring the voters, because, after 34 years in power, they aren't worried about re-election.