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A WestFor 5 year plan emerges in Shelburne

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

It was observed on the Shelburne Municipality council chamber wall. Why are such plans not shared with the public at large? UPDATE Jan 7, 2019: Minister Rankin joins the discussion ——- Shelly Hipson has posted, on the Healthy Forests Coalition … Continue reading →

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Premier’s reflective end of year message cites tourism and seafood exports as highlights of the economy, no mention of forest products

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

It’s worth noting perhaps. No mention either of progress in sorting out forestry issues with receipt of Lahey Report, the promised Independent Review repeatedly cited in the run-up to the 2017 election. View STEPHEN MCNEIL: Momentum building for Nova Scotia … Continue reading →

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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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Nova Scotia Crown land Harvest Plan Map Viewer folks made a mistake; no apology

Posted on December 31, 2018 by admin

UPDATE Jan 3, 2019: “Corbett/Dalhousie have been totally removed from the map, not even a shadow left to show that they had it listed or worked it. Not even a shadow left as in around Walker Lake, just poof gone” … Continue reading →

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FYI: Nova Scotia L&F/WestFor Agreement FOIPOPed

Posted on December 29, 2018 by admin

Back on Oct 4, I asked While we wait for the government to respond to the Independent Review, what agreement is in place with WestFor? I got the answer from a Nov 5 CBC interview: CBC interviews reveal WestFor got … Continue reading →

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WestFor/Nova Scotia L&F’s 19 meter “Road to Nowhere”

Posted on December 29, 2018 by admin

A discovery by the Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia folks that harvesting on Crown lands proposed for harvest had, apparently, already begun, preceded by construction of some pretty massive roads including a 19 meter “Road to Nowhere” -Update Dec 31, 2018: … Continue reading →

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More clearcutting proposed near Protected Area, Guysborough Co.

Posted on December 29, 2018 by admin

Thanks, Shelly Hipson, for not letting this one go by unnoticed. Shelly Hipson, writing on Stop Spraying & Clear-Cutting In Nova Scotia (Facebook Public Group), has raised the alarm about massive clearcuts near the Ogden Round Lake Wilderness Area in … Continue reading →

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Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia folks investigating more Crown land cuts

Posted on December 23, 2018 by admin

Just perhaps, the tide is shifting in Nova Scotia In yet another case of citizens doing the due diligence that is required now that NS Lands and Forestry procedures for approving Crown land forests for harvest have been discredited but … Continue reading →

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