Monthly Archives: January 2019

Follow-up on The Mistake (Corbett/Dalhousie cut): letter from Annapolis naturalist to Nova Scotia Premier and others

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

“I ask that all of you give consideration to the future of this forest. Is it really worth destroying one of our exceedingly few remaining “old forests” – a stand of 21.5 hectares – in order to make a few … Continue reading →

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Reposting: Planning ahead for Industrial forestry in Nova Scotia – allowing bigger trucks on our roads

Posted on January 3, 2019 by admin

deja vu, paving the roads for industrial forestry in Nova Scotia After reading Province reduces regulatory burden for truck and forestry industries by Danielle McCreadie in Halifax Today (Jan 2, 2019) subtitle: “Road reclassifications to allow efficient truck axle configurations … Continue reading →

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What you get and some of what you do not get on the Nova Scotia Harvest Plan Map Viewer (and where to get it)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by admin

The  Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV) was launched by NSDNR on April 18, 2016. It replaced the  “pdf-based harvest operation maps that the Department of Natural Resources launched in 2014.”  (View example of the PDFs.) The HPMV was a huge … Continue reading →

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