The City of Kawartha Lakes recently passed a bylaw to protect mature trees from over-zealous chainsaw owners and crazed ax-wielding giants like Paul Bunyan.
This was one of the most intrusive of By-laws. It was initiated by Robyn Carlson ,the city lawyer (living in Antigua) and was a real insult to all rural residents . In my past I have owned, managed and harvested multiple forests and some under the MTIF program. All programs administered by our government were failures and in all cases were not audited. I had ten year plans that never saw an inspection.
My point here is it is not in the jurisdiction of our municipal (or any other gov. facility ) to monitor or enforce these type of illegal bylaws ( under the Act) This is pure encroachment on our property rights.
With all the saplings required to replace these trees it begs the question of who really benefits from this bylaw? Would it be the Corp. (fees seem to disappear in the budget) or the large tree farmers with sapling sales. Would this be my councillor Tracy Richardson of Richardson Farms? You can not make this shit up!
I could go on and on here but I got to go .
If anyone needs assistance on forest management including releasing please contact me as this is the icing on the cake. This bylaw has to be challenged !
Healthy forest require a lot of removal and not replacing with saplings.!
I can ask any farmer clearing fencerows what they think of this overreach, I already know the answer.
Yes I will do one on this topic as this is a disgusting overreach without public consultation and it creates division as to property size. we need to sight the area of the Municipal Act that clearly states this is out of bounds. The timing for this one was not good for the Council. lets ask how many council members have reviewed this.
Not necessarily, the purpose of managing is to enhance growth, selective harvest, release over population of stem area, promote desired species ; you can create a healthy canopy. Also get revenue from firewood, sap, and saw logs. The most profitable are veneer logs. This was a tax incentive program I undertook on my own land and enjoyed it also.
Natural succession is natures way of looking after forests.
Looking back I now think the MTIF program was the result of the Agenda 21 and the start of the land grab process. Most of my land became Oak Ridge Moraine Linkage Corridor, essentially no resale value. Every program appeared to be a gov. failure with dire consequences.
So, the end result of all that "managing", harvesting, "stem-releasing" and species promotion, was probably LESS bio-diversity and a less healthy forest? :p Did you sell them that land, or did they steal (eMiNEnT dOmAin) it?
No the forest was top notch. It was never audited . They gave tax considerations and the 10 year plan was completed in two. That property is the home of Scepter 57 a paintball park. They zoned it recreational so I sold it that way. I do not know if it has less bio-diversity it appears healthier than the area. The site index is poor. Eventually I was expropriated on the 407 just south of there. Government should not stick their nose into private property owners rights.
Looking at a multi-decade timelapse of the street I grew up on, there is a steady decline in trees. Would you say your property has more or less tree cover now than when you got it? Obviously this evil property-rights-violating law is not the solution (evil always produces the opposite it's purported intentions), but it does seem to be a problem, people don't respect trees and nature enough, but that's just a side-effect of them being immoral in general - they don't respect their fellow humans either.
This was one of the most intrusive of By-laws. It was initiated by Robyn Carlson ,the city lawyer (living in Antigua) and was a real insult to all rural residents . In my past I have owned, managed and harvested multiple forests and some under the MTIF program. All programs administered by our government were failures and in all cases were not audited. I had ten year plans that never saw an inspection.
My point here is it is not in the jurisdiction of our municipal (or any other gov. facility ) to monitor or enforce these type of illegal bylaws ( under the Act) This is pure encroachment on our property rights.
With all the saplings required to replace these trees it begs the question of who really benefits from this bylaw? Would it be the Corp. (fees seem to disappear in the budget) or the large tree farmers with sapling sales. Would this be my councillor Tracy Richardson of Richardson Farms? You can not make this shit up!
I could go on and on here but I got to go .
If anyone needs assistance on forest management including releasing please contact me as this is the icing on the cake. This bylaw has to be challenged !
Healthy forest require a lot of removal and not replacing with saplings.!
I can ask any farmer clearing fencerows what they think of this overreach, I already know the answer.
This makes my blood boil.
Can I debate the bastards?
Jeff.
Will you do a Council deputation on this topic? You seem to have good knowledge about it!
Yesterday, I registered for two more deputation on Energy Security and Properly Rights (Rural Zoning )
Also there is another part to this , will discuss.
Yes I will do one on this topic as this is a disgusting overreach without public consultation and it creates division as to property size. we need to sight the area of the Municipal Act that clearly states this is out of bounds. The timing for this one was not good for the Council. lets ask how many council members have reviewed this.
Do forests really need "managing"? Ie. weren't they doing just fine before humans came around?
Not necessarily, the purpose of managing is to enhance growth, selective harvest, release over population of stem area, promote desired species ; you can create a healthy canopy. Also get revenue from firewood, sap, and saw logs. The most profitable are veneer logs. This was a tax incentive program I undertook on my own land and enjoyed it also.
Natural succession is natures way of looking after forests.
Looking back I now think the MTIF program was the result of the Agenda 21 and the start of the land grab process. Most of my land became Oak Ridge Moraine Linkage Corridor, essentially no resale value. Every program appeared to be a gov. failure with dire consequences.
So, the end result of all that "managing", harvesting, "stem-releasing" and species promotion, was probably LESS bio-diversity and a less healthy forest? :p Did you sell them that land, or did they steal (eMiNEnT dOmAin) it?
No the forest was top notch. It was never audited . They gave tax considerations and the 10 year plan was completed in two. That property is the home of Scepter 57 a paintball park. They zoned it recreational so I sold it that way. I do not know if it has less bio-diversity it appears healthier than the area. The site index is poor. Eventually I was expropriated on the 407 just south of there. Government should not stick their nose into private property owners rights.
Looking at a multi-decade timelapse of the street I grew up on, there is a steady decline in trees. Would you say your property has more or less tree cover now than when you got it? Obviously this evil property-rights-violating law is not the solution (evil always produces the opposite it's purported intentions), but it does seem to be a problem, people don't respect trees and nature enough, but that's just a side-effect of them being immoral in general - they don't respect their fellow humans either.