EROSION
Sir,—On a recent trip through the Lewis Pass I noticed that the sunny face has been burnt away from the Public Works Department camp down. In doing this, the person responsible has surely undone nature’s way of protecting the loose land against erosion. Much is still being said about deer causing all the damage; but what about man and his matches, to say nothing of the sheep, which will trample these faces in the dry season? Perhaps Professor Jobberns might enlighten me on this subject.—Yours, etc., EX-HIGH COUNTRY. September 4, 1950. [ ‘ ‘The red deer does most of its damage in disturbing the floor of the beech forests, and preventing the regeneration of the forest by eating the young trees,” said the chairman of the soil conservation committee of the North Canterbury Catchment Board (Dr. G. Jobberns), when this letter was referred to him. “I agree that, in general, sunny faces in tussock country should not be burned. The Catchment Board issues permits for burning m its district, but would not be likely to permit burning on sunny faces unless there were exceptional circumstances. The Lewis Pass area is not controlled by a catchment board.”]
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26212, 8 September 1950, Page 5
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