Island News & Views
General · 23rd April 2008
D.Lacelle, VP, CVNS
Comox Valley Naturalists Society
The Four Storey Forest: As grows the forest, so too the heart"
The regular Monthly Meeting of the Comox Valley Naturalists Society will be held May 18 2008, at 7:00 pm at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay. The featured speaker will be Mr. H. Macy.
We hear a great deal about three or four “BIG forestry companies”, and various environmental issues. There are also 826 Woodlot Licenses in BC, they employ approximately 12,000, and on average each produce about 30 logging truck loads a year. These small operations are usually very community minded, and environmentally conscious. Headquarters Creek Woodlot License W1677, managed by Harold Macy is one of these. He practices single-tree selection thinning and small patch cuts, shares his woodlot in many ways with his community, and is also instrumental in the Vancouver Island Sapsucker Project, producing maple syrup and other products from Broadleaf Maple sap.
For many years he was the Forestry Manager at UBC Oyster River Research Farm, where he developed concepts and practical applications for integrating agriculture and woodland management. He calls his new approach to stewardship “The Four Storey Forest” and it is the basis for a book he is writing.
Working in the forest for more than thirty years has given him the opportunity to learn far more than he expected, about both the woodlands and his role in it. He sees the role of faith as lacking in many of our land management activities. His own Quaker/Mennonite spiritual community has greatly influenced his attitude toward the trees.
Meetings of the Comox Valley Naturalists Society are held on the third Sunday of most months at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton, Courtenay. Meetings are open to the public, including youth. A donation of $2.00 is suggested for non-members, and new memberships are always welcomed. Meetings are not held in December, July, and August. The June 15th meeting is a “Members Potluck” with a brief business meeting. The CVNS Sept. presentation will be: Sept. 21, 2008, Mr. Steve Williamson, on 'Raincoast Images', a series of photographs taken from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Please come out and join us for these important environmental topics. For more information on CVNS please visit the website at www.comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca.
The Four Storey Forest: As grows the forest, so too the heart"
The regular Monthly Meeting of the Comox Valley Naturalists Society will be held May 18 2008, at 7:00 pm at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay. The featured speaker will be Mr. H. Macy.
We hear a great deal about three or four “BIG forestry companies”, and various environmental issues. There are also 826 Woodlot Licenses in BC, they employ approximately 12,000, and on average each produce about 30 logging truck loads a year. These small operations are usually very community minded, and environmentally conscious. Headquarters Creek Woodlot License W1677, managed by Harold Macy is one of these. He practices single-tree selection thinning and small patch cuts, shares his woodlot in many ways with his community, and is also instrumental in the Vancouver Island Sapsucker Project, producing maple syrup and other products from Broadleaf Maple sap.
For many years he was the Forestry Manager at UBC Oyster River Research Farm, where he developed concepts and practical applications for integrating agriculture and woodland management. He calls his new approach to stewardship “The Four Storey Forest” and it is the basis for a book he is writing.
Working in the forest for more than thirty years has given him the opportunity to learn far more than he expected, about both the woodlands and his role in it. He sees the role of faith as lacking in many of our land management activities. His own Quaker/Mennonite spiritual community has greatly influenced his attitude toward the trees.
Meetings of the Comox Valley Naturalists Society are held on the third Sunday of most months at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton, Courtenay. Meetings are open to the public, including youth. A donation of $2.00 is suggested for non-members, and new memberships are always welcomed. Meetings are not held in December, July, and August. The June 15th meeting is a “Members Potluck” with a brief business meeting. The CVNS Sept. presentation will be: Sept. 21, 2008, Mr. Steve Williamson, on 'Raincoast Images', a series of photographs taken from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Please come out and join us for these important environmental topics. For more information on CVNS please visit the website at www.comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca.