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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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Bancroft on the real costs and dismal returns to Nova Scotians of running the PHP biomass plant 24/7

Posted on February 7, 2018 by admin

It had been rumoured that the PHP Biomass plant had returned to 24/7 operation. Now Bob Bancroft confirms that we are back at it, burning 50 to 60 tractor-trailer loads of wood per day to generate electricity at 21% efficiency… … Continue reading →

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Saturday Forestry, continued… Feb 3, 2018: how much displacement of our natural world is acceptable?

Posted on February 3, 2018 by admin

Saturday’s Chronicle Herald again carries several items on the forestry/resources front. First in clear contrast to PC leadership hopeful John Lohr, Pictou County Conservative MLA Tim Houston “is calling for an increased level of ministerial scrutiny of a proposed wastewater … Continue reading →

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Bill Black’s stop-hugging-trees comments pushed a few buttons

Posted on January 28, 2018 by admin

I don’t know if it was Bill Black who came up with the headline or the Chronicle Heralds, but predictably BLACK: Let’s stop hugging trees, start embracing industry (CH Jan 20, 2018) generated a lot of response. In the text, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 28, 2018 by admin

Updated Jan 29, 2018 Things may be on hold in SW Nova Scotia awaiting the recommendations of the Independent Review but the government and Forest NS are not treading water when it comes to paving the roads for industrial forestry … Continue reading →

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Affairs in an old forest

Posted on January 28, 2018 by admin

The physical intimacy of yellow birch and hemlock often observed in old Acadian forest is more than a coincidence In a post on this website last summer, Summer Solstice reflections (June 23, 2017), I commented on “the intimate proximity of … Continue reading →

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Candidate for leadership of Nova Scotia PCs not sympathetic to PEI’s concerns about effluent from The Mill

Posted on January 25, 2018 by admin

UPDATE Jan 25, 2018: P.E.I. can have input into Pictou mill’s effluent plan, says N.S. environment minister CBC News Jan 25, 2018. ———————— PC leadership candidate John Lohr (MLA for Kings North) has joined the fray over Northern Pulp’s proposal … Continue reading →

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Forest biomass back on the front burner in Nova Scotia?

Posted on January 25, 2018 by admin

Don Wilson of Brule Point writes in The News (Jan 23, 2018): An alarming email today tells me the biomass furnace at Port Hawkesbury Paper and run by NS Power has been operating at full blast 24/7 for months. This … Continue reading →

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Jan 23, 2018: Update from the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia

Posted on January 23, 2018 by admin

The Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia issued an update today, added as text to its NSDNR webpage under four headings: Written Submissions – The Review has received more than 170 written submissions… Meeting with Individuals and Representatives … Continue reading →

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Winter splendour in a forested Nova Scotia landscape

Posted on January 21, 2018 by admin

There is a wonderful piece of mixed Acadian forest on drumlins by Sandy Lake, close to the neck of the Chebucto Peninsula on the Bedford Basin side. The forested landscape goes right through to the Sackville River floodplain and includes … Continue reading →

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