tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496649135471240613.post1274368457979853031..comments2024-03-23T13:44:07.422-04:00Comments on Law of the Lands - Farm, Energy and Enviro Law: Butternut Trees on your Ontario farm? Be aware of the Endangered Species Act, 2007John D. Goudy, Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256119196803964288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496649135471240613.post-31783507009329295072012-12-15T12:53:49.728-05:002012-12-15T12:53:49.728-05:00Most of the time, the trees were there long before...Most of the time, the trees were there long before the wire lines; so maybe move the wire, and save the tree for once. It takes hundreds of years to grow these, and creates a gaping hole when you cut them down.<br />There is no such thing as a God given right to cut down trees.<br />It might be easier to take your point seriously if you save the "to whom" and "said tree" and concentrate on dangerious (dangerous), allso (also) responseability (responsibility), ocours (occurs), and the best one dose(does). <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496649135471240613.post-89774051909478096172012-09-13T13:18:40.734-04:002012-09-13T13:18:40.734-04:00Planted butternut trees are not protected unless p...Planted butternut trees are not protected unless planted as a condition under an ESA 2007 permit as replacement trees for one previously cut down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496649135471240613.post-87382367658775085412010-06-28T12:10:13.592-04:002010-06-28T12:10:13.592-04:00Safety first. If human life is at stake and there ...Safety first. If human life is at stake and there are no alternative areas to run wire then it must be done.<br /> <br />But all this carrying on about God given rights. You're crazy.. Doesn't God care about every living thing equally? A tree's life and existance that is one of the few of it's kind and on the brink of extinction that is alive and well is up to you whether it dies or lives? You bought land from someone that didn't own it in the first place and that tree and it's ancestors have been the rightful holders of that land for time eternal.<br /><br />5 saplings do not replace the environmental benefits or an adult tree in terms of carbon mitigation and from 5 years from now the 3 saplings still wouldn't haven't developed enough to do this yet, either. <br /><br />Just because we don't have the technology to substantively quantify the benefits of that tree socially doesn't mean you can just hack away at one of "god's" miracles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496649135471240613.post-62347026565912092812010-06-03T08:09:33.406-04:002010-06-03T08:09:33.406-04:00This is nothing short of stupidity, cut the darn t...This is nothing short of stupidity, cut the darn tree down and be done with it.<br /><br />If this tree is into the high line (600 volts and up to 13,800 or more) it is dangerious to life and limb and don't think for a second that it won't KILL you because it could be the last thought you ever have.<br /><br />There is another issue that should be in play here, to whom dose the tree belong.<br /><br />If I purchase a small tree with my money and plant it on my land that tree now belongs to me, not the Government but me and if I so choose to cut it down that is my God given right to do so, now on the other hand if that tree was paid for by the Government then it is theirs and can't be cut down but remember this it allso makes the responseability of the tree to the Government and if one is killed from electrical shock due to contact with the hydro wires and the Hydro was not allowed to remove said tree the the Government is now liable for anything that ocours!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com