Monthly Archives: February 2018

Science issues and lack of landscape/watershed level planning by Nova Scotia DNR limit what can be achieved through forest certification

Posted on February 22, 2018 by admin

I am hoping that once the report from the Independent Review of Forest Practices is in, FSC will move quickly to improve FSC standards without waiting for NSDNR to improve Crown land forestry standards. Under the Chronicle Herald’s Voice of … Continue reading →

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A scientist’s perspectives on NSDNR Science

Posted on February 17, 2018 by admin

UPDATE Feb 22, 2018: View also OPINION: Instant economic gratification killing the environment by Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, Chronicle Herald Feb 20, 2018 ——————– Helga Guderley, a retired but still very active biologist, was one of the founding members of the Healthy … Continue reading →

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“It’s not all industrial strength clearcutting and biomass devastation out there”

Posted on February 15, 2018 by admin

So reads an introduction by Woods and Waters Nova Scotia (public Facebook group) to a message and photos forwarded from a worker for a woodlot in Upper Rawdon, N.S. “I work for a woodlot owner co-op that manages this lot … Continue reading →

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Pannozzo: Proper EA for Northern Pulp Mill effluent thwarted

Posted on February 14, 2018 by admin

UPDATE Feb 17, 2018: P.E.I. MLAs question N.S. pulp mill officials over wastewater plan CBC News, Feb 16 A legislative committee hearing in Charlottetown was packed to overflowing on Friday for a presentation about the potential impact of a wastewater … Continue reading →

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Great Northern gears up Musquodoboit Pellet Mill

Posted on February 13, 2018 by admin

The last I heard about Great Northern Timber’s interest in the Musquodoboit Pellet Mill was back in August when the Chronicle Herald reported that “Nova Scotia forestry company Great Northern Timber Group is poised to buy and restart the shuttered … Continue reading →

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Game sanctuaries still fair game for industrial forestry and miners

Posted on February 13, 2018 by admin

An article in the Chronicle Herald today provides some of the history of our Game Sanctuaries and highlights the fact that except where they overlap with formally protected lands, clearcutting and mining can still take place; hunting and trapping cannot.* … Continue reading →

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Carbon Opportunities Conference in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia March 7 & 8, 2018

Posted on February 11, 2018 by admin

A notice has been circulating about a Maritime Forest Carbon Opportunity Conference, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association (NSLFFPA) and the Cape Breton Privateland Partnership (CBPP) to be held in Port Hawkesbury March 7 and … Continue reading →

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Loon Lake clearcuts continue, illustrate lack of landscape level planning

Posted on February 11, 2018 by admin

The conflict over clearcutting in Nova Scotia could hardly be presented more graphically than in the poster above, which I just received. In May I posted an item about proposed clearcuts near the Loon Lake Nature Reserve in Guysborough Co. … Continue reading →

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Saturday responses to Black, continued…Feb 10, 2018

Posted on February 10, 2018 by admin

Bill Black went for a repeat of his anti-tree hugger performance (Black Jan 20) with his reference to a ‘tight-knit posse of activists’ in last Saturdays BLACK: How can rural N.S. prosper without resource extraction? (CH, Feb 3, 2018) Writes … Continue reading →

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Will our governments enable Forest Smart, Climate Smart and Dollar Smart opportunities for private woodlot owners in Atlantic Canada?

Posted on February 9, 2018 by admin

New Brunswick based Forest International’s efforts to promote carbon offsets as an income generator for private woodlot owners in Atlantic Canada is featured in the business section of today’s Chronicle Herald. Atlantic Canada’s woodlot owners could benefit from the growing … Continue reading →

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