Monthly Archives: May 2017

The Rhodora

Posted on May 30, 2017 by admin

On Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower? In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple … Continue reading →

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Thursday June 1: Nova Scotia wildlife advocate to talk on forestry 2 days post election

Posted on May 29, 2017 by admin

UPDATE (June 3, 2017) I missed this just pre-election Letters and Editorials item in the CH May 30, 2017: an Op-ed by Dale Smith (“The environment shell game“) in which he expresses skepticism about the environmental commitments made by the … Continue reading →

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Gully Lake error & correction clarified, but not completely fixed?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by admin

Three blocks close to the Gully Lake Wilderness Area were initially identified as proposed clearcuts when they were posted on the Harvest Map Viwer on May 12, 2017. This caught the attention of Chris Miller, a national conservation biologist with … Continue reading →

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Protected Areas in Nova Scotia help to mitigate climate change, clearcuts do not

Posted on May 26, 2017 by admin

A modelling study shows that Protected Areas increase carbon storage, clearcuts reduce carbon storage A paper by Robert Cameron of NSE and Peter Bush of NSDNR, published last year, suggests 112 million tonnes of carbon is sequestered (stored) in existing … Continue reading →

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Sadness in the voices of Nova Scotians commenting on clearcutting

Posted on May 25, 2017 by admin

CBC Mainstreet NS aired some of many comments received following Bob Murphy’s interviews with Raymond Plourde and Karen Beazley concerning proposed clearcuts close to the Gully Lake Wilderness Area. I was particularly struck by the profound sense of sadness conveyed … Continue reading →

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CBC Mainstreet on clearcutting near Gully Lake Wilderness Area

Posted on May 25, 2017 by admin

On CBC Mainstreet yesterday afternoon, CBC host Bob Murphy interviewed Raymond Plourde (Wilderness Coordinator for the Ecology Action Centre) and Karen Beazley (Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University) about the effects of clearcutting close … Continue reading →

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Update on the clearcuts close to Gully Lake Wilderness Area: NSDNR changes them to partial cuts

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

Barely a day after Jonathan Riley wrote about clearcuts close to Gully Lake Wilderness Area in the Truro Daily News (May 23, 2017), the same news organization & journalist report that DNR backs away from Gully Lake clear cuts. DNR … Continue reading →

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More cutting near Nova Scotia Protected Areas…now Loon Lake Nature Reserve

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

Just earlier today I made a post about proposed clearcutting close to Gully lake Wilderness Area which was highlighted in an article in the Truro Daily News yesterday. Also today I received notice about the next set of proposed harvests … Continue reading →

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No long term leases of Nova Scotia Crown Land for now but current cutting continues even near Protected Areas

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

Although the Liberals committed to “Initiating a “through and independent review of our current forestry practices” and that “until that review is complete, there will be no additional long-term timber harvesting leases issued for Crown Land…”, there has been no … Continue reading →

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NSLFFPA blasts NDP support of 50% clearcutting goal

Posted on May 23, 2017 by admin

The Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre products Association (NSLFFPA) has placed an ad in the CH under the banner ATTENTION POLITICIANS (see page A5 of the print ed for May 23, 2017). It begins with “Don’t mess up Nova … Continue reading →

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