Category Archives: clearcuts

Port Hawkesbury Paper shut down temporarily due to cold weather/high energy costs, low prices, tariffs

Posted on January 18, 2018 by admin

The industrial efficiencies that once made us competitive aren’t working so well anymore and have come at a high cost to our forests, wildlife and even-our psychological well-being I think it’s generally agreed that PHP is an efficient operation and … Continue reading →

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Bob Bancroft: Why are no EAs required for large-scale forest removals in Nova Scotia?

Posted on January 17, 2018 by admin

In an op-ed published in the Chronicle Herald today (January 17, 2018), Bob Bancroft asks a question many people probably ask when they view a recent clearcut in Nova Scotia? Why are no EAs (Environmental Assessments) required for large-scale forest … Continue reading →

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Rick Howe talks to Scott Leslie about his birds-eye views

Posted on January 10, 2018 by admin

On January 5, 2018, Rick Howe interviewed Naturalist/Photographer Scott about his new book and some of his views, literal and opinion-wise, on forestry in Nova Scotia. An abbreviated transcript of the interview is given below. Rick Howe: There is a … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued late 2017: responses to Saunders and a New Year’s wish

Posted on January 1, 2018 by admin

My wish for the New Year: the Independent Review surprises me, and comes out with strong recommendations to protect our remaining older forests, allowing only selective cutting (if any); then the Premier and his government surprise us all by accepting … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia forests and forestry are in the news and cameras lenses as the Independent Review moves into Phase 2

Posted on December 17, 2017 by admin

About mines, pulp effluent, hemlock vampires, the state of the forest, land protection and the Independent Review deliberations Sometimes my attempt to provide a “record of events, news and opinions on the subject of forests and forestry in Nova Scotia … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia forests are not the only ones over-harvested, but are likely the most over-harvested in Canada

Posted on December 11, 2017 by admin

Four items in Tree Frog Forestry News today (Dec 11th, 2017) illustrate that concerns about over-harvesting of forests are hardly restricted to Nova Scotia. LETTER: Timber companies have had their day in the sun From reader Nick Chatten in BC … Continue reading →

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Scott Leslie’s clear-cut photos of Nova Scotia clearcuts

Posted on December 9, 2017 by admin

A picture is [sometimes] worth a thousand words; this is one of those times Scott Leslie, a renowned Nova Scotia author and nature/wildlife photographer, was the guest speaker at the Thursday Dec 7, 2017 meeting of the Halifax Field Naturalists … Continue reading →

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Increasing carbon capture & storage should not be complicated for Nova Scotia

Posted on December 8, 2017 by admin

A letter in Voice of the People from Helga Guderley reminds us of Nova Scotia’s greatest assets for removing carbon from the atmosphere: …the best technology for reducing atmospheric CO2 was invented long ago. Trees, grasses, marine and terrestrial plants … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..25Nov2017, forestry elders speak up

Posted on November 25, 2017 by admin

In today’s (Nov 25) Chronicle Herald, woodlot owner and operator Tom Miller responds to Stacie Carroll’s COMMENTARY: Education key in understanding lumber industry (Chronicle Herald Nov. 17, 2017). Says Tom: Every forestry “crisis” that’s happened over my 43 years in … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..continued 18Nov2016: Two Perspectives

Posted on November 18, 2017 by admin

#1 Stacie Carroll, “a silviculturist, small woodlot owner, food forest farmer and the executive director of the Federation of Nova Scotia Woodland Owners” follows V.T. in blasting the Healthy Forest Coalition and the recent Forest Funeral event in particular: “As … Continue reading →

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