UPDATE: Comment on Stop Spraying & Clear-Cutting Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) June 18, 2021: “Our wilderness is disappearing forever with our forestry practices. I am finding when visiting Crown blocks up for “harvest” that even the relatively harmless sounding shelterwood “treatments” are 3 steps to complete destruction. Step one remove any lumber-marketable old growth. Step 2 Ground spray herbicide on the remaining understory and forest floor. Step 3 Cut down the remaining overstory usually birch and poplar. Voila: an eruption of balsam fir. Nothing left of the original ecology. Not only plants gone but most of the beetles and ants in the forest also; so destroying habitat for Keystone Species like Pileated Woodpecker. And research now shows the chemicals remain active in the soil for at least a decade. If any other industrial process did this they’d have to undergo an environmental assessment beforehand and then they’d have to remediate the site afterwards; for decades!!”
UPDATE: On Stop Clearcutting Unama’ki (Cape Breton) later on June 17, 2021:
And this comment by the Annapolis Ecology folks on making comments via the Harvest Plan Map Viewer:
On Annapolis Royal & Area – Environment & Ecology Jun 17, 2021
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ORIGINAL POST
On People for Ecological Forestry in Southwest Nova Scotia June 14, 2021:
The Corporate Capture of Crown Land continues…mostly clearcuts leaving a handful of trees standing…all in the name of ecological forestry of course. Lahey who? What a hoax that all was.
NEW – Crown Land Harvest Plans
June 14, 2021
Guysborough
GW029783 GW215499 55.4 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 24, 2021
GW029936 GW215605 32.6 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 24, 2021
GW030151 GW215650 36.3 Shelterwood 40 July 24, 2021
Total Area (County) 124.3 Ha
Total Count (County) 3 Parcel(s)
Inverness
IN029033 IN214545 B 10 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 24, 2021
IN029713 IN215017 64.8 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 24, 2021
Total Area (County) 74.8 Ha
Total Count (County) 2 Parcel(s)
Pictou
PI030035 PI215660 69.7 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 24, 2021
Total Area (County) 69.7 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Total Count (Province) 6 Parcel(s)
Total Area (Province) 268.7 Ha
Total Count (Province) 6 Parcel(s)
JUNE 3, 2021
Annapolis
Ballie Lake AP021311 I 37.2 Commercial Thinning 40 July 13, 2021
Ballie Lake AP021312 D 28.3 Individual Tree Selection 40 July 13, 2021
Ballie Lake AP021313 A 12.1 Shelterwood 40 July 13, 2021
Ballie Lake AP068519 B 5 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 13, 2021
Ballie Lake AP068519 G 13.8 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
Dalhousie AP068600 A 46.4 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 13, 2021
Dalhousie AP068600 B 42.9 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
Sproul Lake AP099805 C 9.5 Individual Tree Selection 40 July 13, 2021
Sproul Lake AP099806 D 97.2 Shelterwood 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 292.2 Ha
Total Count (County) 9 Parcel(s)
Antigonish
AT030127 AT213754 88.8 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 88.8 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Cape Breton
CB025794 CB214211 A 14.2 Shelterwood 40 July 13, 2021
CB025794 CB214211 B 1 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 13, 2021
CB025794 CB214211 C 4.5 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
CB025794 CB214211 D 1.2 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 13, 2021
CB029534 CB215506 11.9 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 32.9 Ha
Total Count (County) 5 Parcel(s)
Cumberland
60212 CU060212 A 13.8 Shelterwood 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 13.8 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Inverness
IN030245 IN214272 6.4 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 6.4 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Queens
Black Rattle West QU068590 A 20.7 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
Tupper Long Lake QU068592 B 9.7 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 13, 2021
Tupper Long Lake
QU068592 A 8.2 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 13, 2021
Tupper Long Lake QU068592 C 7 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 45.7 Ha
Total Count (County) 4 Parcel(s)
Victoria
VI028755 VI213983 A 9.1 Shelterwood 40 July 13, 2021
VI028755 VI213983 B 18.2 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 13, 2021
VI028755 VI213983 B 8.1 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 13, 2021
Total Area (County) 35.5 Ha
Total Count (County) 3 Parcel(s)
Total Count (Province) 24 Parcel(s)
Total Area (Province) 515.1 Ha
Total Count (Province) 24 Parcel(s)
MAY 25, 2021
Antigonish
AT029820 AT215489 A 2.2 Variable Retention – 30% 40 July 4, 2021
AT029820 AT215489 B 12.4 Variable Retention – 10% 40 July 4, 2021
AT029820 AT215489 C 7.9 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 4, 2021
Total Area (County) 22.5 Ha
Total Count (County) 3 Parcel(s)
Guysborough
GE029753 GE215525 10.3 Variable Retention – 20% 40 July 4, 2021
Total Area (County) 10.3 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Total Area (Province) 32.8 Ha
Total Count (Province) 4 Parcel(s)
MAY 13, 2021
Antigonish
AT030223 AT215581 15.6 Variable Retention – 10% 40 June 22, 2021
Total Area (County) 15.6 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Guysborough
GE029755 GE215523 A 11.2 Variable Retention – 30% 40 June 22, 2021
GE029755 GE215523 B 1.1 Variable Retention – 10% 40 June 22, 2021
GW030155 GW215638 A 41.2 Variable Retention – 20% 40 June 22, 2021
GW030155 GW215638 B 7.7 Variable Retention – 10% 40 June 22, 2021
GW030155 GW215638 C 15.2 Variable Retention – 30% 40 June 22, 2021
GW030155 GW215638 D 4.8 Uniform Shelterwood 40 June 22, 2021
GW030218 GW215661 75 Variable Retention – 20% 40 June 22, 2021
Total Area (County) 156.4 Ha
Total Count (County) 7 Parcel(s)
Total Area (County)
Total Area (Province) 172 Ha
Total Count (Province) 8 Parcel(s)
MAY 3, 2021 DEADLINE FOR COMMENT HAS PASSED
Annapolis
Walker Lk AP068678 A 20 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Milbury Lk AP068723 A 14.7 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Parkers Mountain AP068724 A 26.3 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Roundhill River AP068726 A 11.2 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Roundhill River AP099816 B 39.3 Variable Retention – 30% 40 June 12, 2021
Walker Lk AP099856 B 20.3 Variable Retention – 30% 40 June 12, 2021
Total Area (County) 131.8 Ha
Total Count (County) 6 Parcel(s)
Digby
Napier Lk DI099820 J 22.1 Commercial Thinning 40 June 12, 2021
Napier Lk DI099821 M 64.7 Individual Tree Selection 40 June 12, 2021
Napier Lk DI099822 A 20.3 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Napier Lk DI099822 L 46 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Napier Lk DI099822 H 29.5 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Total Area (County) 182.7 Ha
Total Count (County) 5 Parcel(s)
Lunenburg Simpsons Corner LU068756 A 15.6 Variable Retention – 20% 40 June 12, 2021
Simpsons Corner LU068756 C 4.8 Variable Retention – 10% 40 June 12, 2021
Simpsons Corner LU068756 E 94.3 Variable Retention – 20% 40 June 12, 2021
Simpsons Corner LU099823 D 32.6 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Total Area (County) 147.2 Ha
Total Count (County) 4 Parcel(s)
Queens
Ten Mile Lk QU068788 A 14.5 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Ten Mile Lk QU068788 C 27.9 Shelterwood 40 June 12, 2021
Ten Mile Lk QU099819 B 9.9 Commercial Thinning 40 June 12, 2021
Total Area (County) 52.3 Ha
Total Count (County) 3 Parcel(s)
Richmond
RI027169 RI214419 29.2 Variable Retention – 10% 40 June 12, 2021
Total Area (County) 29.2 Ha
Total Count (County) 1 Parcel(s)
Total Area (Province) 543.3 Ha
Total Count (Province) 19 Parcel(s)
And the lists go on and on and on.
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For reference, here is a perspective of where we stood pre-Lahey/Independent review in the days when “all harvest treatments are aligned with the nature-based requirements of Nova Scotia’s lands”.
How much forestry in Nova Scotia maintains mixed, multi-aged Acadian forest?
NSFN Jan 23, 2021
A friend who likes to explore the St. Margaret’s Bay Mersey lands contacted me recently… “Dave what’s goin on here (just north of Clay Lake), a big new road and lots of cutting”?
What could one say? This is “landscape level planning in NS – for logging not for conservation & logging”? “Oh the people of NS purchased these lands to help the struggling sawmill industry but don’t tell the USA about it or we will lose our softwood exemption”? “Climate change and the biodiversity crises are fake science”? “It’s up to the rest of Canada, not us”? Or “Don’t worry, L&F is working on it”?
Who knows, perhaps these new logging roads will soon become popular camp sites and can be promoted as tourist attractions.
