CBC Maritimes

More Maritimers are inheriting woodlots and discovering that they have to start from scratch in cleaning up these neglected lands and managing them sustainably

Knocking It Out Of The...Stadium ? By all accounts, Moncton hosted a successful IAAF Track and Field Championships that brought together the best 19-and-under athletes in the world. Together with 1700 volunteers and overwhelming community support, the local organizing committee pulled off the largest sporting event ever held in Atlantic Canada
The CBC's Michael R LeBlanc spent much of the week at the glittering new stadium on the Université de Moncton campus and prepared a soundscape.
The President of the local organizing committee for Moncton 2010, Larry Nelson, says the 2010 IAAF Games have changed Moncton forever. The question now is - how best to use the stadium? It will host more track competitions later this summer, and a CFL game this fall, but will it have a continuing presence in Maritime track and field ?
Last week on Maritime Noon we explored what was available for track and field athletes in the rest of the region, and how the existing (or non-existent) facilities affect athletic development. Afterwards,we heard a blunt assessment from a listener in part of the region that could use better athletic infrastructure.

Going Down The Road, 2.0 : We all know how important it is for partners in a relationship to understand each other's needs and aspirations. That also applies in the labour market. The expectations of someone leaving community college or university in search of work and the expectations of an employer can often be wildly out-of-whack, and - just as in personal relationships - that's not good for either party.
It's especially important to sort out those matters in this region, because young grads with student loans are quick to pack up and leave for greener pastures when they can't find what they're looking for here. And with a rapidly aging labour force, that makes it all the harder for Maritime business operators to fill jobs.
Last week on the phone-in, we explored what's often a generational gap when we asked : "What should Maritime employers do to attract younger workers ?". Today, we played some of the responses to our answering machine after the show.

A Woodlot Is More Than Trees : The type and number of trees harvested or planted, along with the amount of thinning, has consequences for the animals and plants that populate our woodlands. It also affects the air we breathe, erosion, and the appearance of the landscape. We were joined by three guests who are well-acquainted with our region's wooded areas. Andrew Fedora is a forest technologist and executive director of the Federation of Nova Scotia Woodland Owners. Ken Hardie is manager of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners & director of the Southern New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board. And, from Orwell, Prince Edward Island, we were joined by Gary Schneider - supervisor of the MacPhail Woods Ecological Forestry Project and co-chair of the Environmental Coalition of PEI. They answered your questions on how best to manage a woodlot.