Fertilizing forest plantations

The past week our peace has been assaulted by the drone of a helicopter going back and forth somehwere around the head of the lake.  We have also noticed a huge increase in truck traffic, particularly B-train hopper trucks.  We were concerned these were trucks hauling chemicals to the mine.  As we live in an ecologically sensitive area, ie. Francois Lake shoreline, we, the Colleymount Recreation Society, have contacted Huckleberry mine regarding the dangerous goods they were carrying along this road.  A few winters ago there was an accident where a truck tipped over and spilled it's chemicals into a waterway along the Morice-Owen road.  These chemicals, when combined with water, were deadly.  The resulting gas would instantly kill any living creature within a large area.  Concerned that these trucks were travelling the 56 km of very narrow, rough, winding road along Francois Lake, we contacted Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Transportation and Huckleberry Mine.  The end result was that the contractor responsible for hauling the chemicals to Huckleberry Mine would use the highway to Houston, then take the Morice Owen road up to the mine.  The Morice Owen is better than most highways, well maintained, wide  and radio controlled.  It was a satisfactory conclusion.

Back to our hopper trucks and helicopter.  Yesterday I found out that the helicopter is dropping fertilizer in forest plantations somewhere at the head of the lake, or there abouts.  We now assume the hopper trucks are carrying chemical fertilizer to a staging area where the helicopter is loading the bucket.  This causes me concern on many levels.  Firstly, why on earth do we need to drop fertilizer in an area that was harvested of it's trees?  Does not the natural decomposing of debris renew the soil?  Secondly, what is the long term effect of dropping chemicals into a cutblock that was pristine until the logging took place?  Further to this thought, what is the effect when the runoff carries the chemicals into the pristine water of Francois Lake?  What happens to the fish, the natural aquatic vegetation?  Thirdly, these newly fertilized areas are now no longer natural or "organic."  We, the local people, harvest wild berries and plants that grow in these areas.  These plants are no longer natural, but contaminated by chemical fertilizers.  For some people, this is no big deal.  They eat factory farmed food every day.  For us, it is a big deal.  We do not eat factory farmed food.  We work hard to eat naturally grown food and wild food.  We believe this is best for the planet and for our health. This is not meant to be an arguement in favour or against mass produced food vs small plot farming.  I only want to stress that we, as people who choose to forego the benefits of urban living, would like to ensure our area of the planet is left as natural as possible.  At any rate, what the heck?  Why do they need to drop tonnes of fertilizer on plantations?