These photos of Roger Newell's were taken on Monday, May 24th, before Roger and Andy cut them up for the next high water to wash them safely to a pool downstream. They were three of the beautiful trees along Barrio Falls between Barrio Lake and the JD Irving bridge. One was a young hemlock, another a beautiful red spruce, and the third a 200+ year old maple.

This is a good example of why we must scout runs before starting down them. They were deadly strainers, illegally cut by trappers on Crown land just purchased from JD Irving and in violation of trapping regulations. Please warn people you know who may be interested in paddling this stretch of the Tusket that the trappers may come back and cut more.

The provincial DNR and NS Environment have been made aware of this activity, something I haven't seen here in 15 years of paddling the lower Silver (or Barrio) River.