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Soils, Restoring Forests on Abandoned Farmland, Invasive Plants, Agroforestry, & the Forest Triad in SW Nova Scotia 15Apr2023

Posted on April 15, 2023 by admin

Soils, Restoring Forests on Abandoned Farmland, Invasive Plants, Agroforestry, & the Forest Triad are amongst  a range of topics covered in the latest issue of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Newsletter. I think most of us are aware that SW … Continue reading →

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Nina Newington on Citizen Science and the hold on harvesting at Goldsmith Lake 10Mar2023

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin

Nina Newington, writing on Extinction Rebellion Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia (public FB group), Mar 9, 2023: “Citizen scientists working to protect the forest around Goldsmith Lake got some good news last week and some excellent media coverage this week: thanks … Continue reading →

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Why was the Port Hawkesbury Paper FULA not preceded by a EA or equivalent process?11Feb2023

Posted on February 11, 2023 by admin

Application of EA or EA type of process to FULAs (Forest Utilization License Agreement) was seen by Prof Lahey as a critical “to bring transparency and accountability to the [planning] process and to mitigate the concerns about how DNR internally … Continue reading →

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“New paper out on life cycle #GHG dynamics for different scenarios of forest-based bioenergy in Nova Scotia” 21Jan 2023

Posted on January 21, 2023 by admin

“New paper out on life cycle #GHG dynamics for different scenarios of forest-based bioenergy in Nova Scotia”. So reads an announcement on Twitter by James Steenberg, first author of the paper on Twitter. The tweet provides a link to : … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Government: ‘Triad forestry model is complete’ but Landscape-level Biodiversity plan and EA component are still lacking 18Jan2023

Posted on January 18, 2023 by admin

From Natural Resources and Renewables News Release (italics inserted): The Province has dedicated a high production forest zone, completing its triad model of ecological forestry. This will support the economy while ensuring that 90 per cent of Crown land is … Continue reading →

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Tues Jan 10, 2023: “The Chebucto Peninsula and Moose Habitat Connectivity”

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

Announcement from Nature Nova Scotia Join us for our next Nature Talk: “The Chebucto Peninsula and Moose Habitat Connectivity” Tues Jan 10th at 7 pm Nature Nova Scotia is still working to help save the Mainland Moose. Its been over … Continue reading →

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Will the PCs deliver on their promise to implement Triad Forestry in Nova Scotia by year end? 10Dec2023

Posted on December 10, 2022 by admin

‘Just wonderin’ re: items (c) and (d) below and ‘The Big Question” (right). The current* NS Government’s Commitment (clause 10 in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act, As Passed on Nov 5, 2021, bolding inserted): *A PC Government … Continue reading →

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Citizen Scientists discover SAR lichens and a new logging road in proposed protected area 25Nov2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by admin

“A group of citizen scientists in Southwest Nova Scotia are asking the premier to freeze harvests and road-building immediately in the forests surrounding Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County. “This patch of crown land on the South Mountain inland from Tupperville … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Environment looking for planner to lead achievement of 20% Protected Areas 8Nov2022

Posted on November 6, 2022 by admin

There has been very little info and essentially no public consultation coming from the government through 2022 in regard to fully implementing the Triad system of forest management by the beginning of 2023 (re: commitment stated in item 10c in … Continue reading →

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NRR’s Peter Bush to talk about Old Growth Forest Policy Thurs. Nov 3, 2022

Posted on November 1, 2022 by admin

I just learned about it today, in the course of some correspondence with Peter Bush (Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables Old-Growth Forest Coordinator).  A notice about this talk  was, apparently,  just posted today on the MTRI Facebook … Continue reading →

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