Category Archives: clearcuts

Bob Bancroft talks about Firewood, Wildlife and the Well Managed Forest on Saturday Jan 21, 2017

Posted on January 14, 2017 by admin

Bob Bancroft, well known advocate for wildlife in Nova Scotia and outspoken critic of industrial forestry practices in the Maritimes will be giving this talk at the Tantallon Library, Tantallon, Nova Scotia at 2 pm on Saturday January 21, 2017. … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia, continued..7Jan017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by admin

In Saturday’s CH, two gentlemen with firm roots in forestry add their voices to the ongoing discussion of forestry issues in the media. Tom Miller of Green Hill, a woodlot owner and operator for 42 years, responds to an earlier … Continue reading →

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Readings from Maine: Mitch Lansky on managing forests to increase carbon capture and reduce carbon emissions

Posted on January 4, 2017 by admin

There is a lot of talk in the forest industry about using more wood in construction as a means of creating more markets and capturing more carbon to reduce climate warming. Unlike the claim that using forest biomass to generate … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia, continued..4Jan017

Posted on January 4, 2017 by admin

NUMBERS vs EYES December 27, 2016 in the CH, a letter writer from Wentworth Station: “Regarding recent letters on forestry, methinks industry reps and the Department of Natural Resources do protest too much. They throw a lot of numbers and … Continue reading →

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Natural Resources Canada GHG Calculator confirms Nova Scotia forest bioenergy schemes are worse than coal

Posted on January 3, 2017 by admin

Just under a year ago a Press Release from NSP (Nova Scotia Power) indicated NSP planned to increase the proportion of electricity derived from biomass to 7% of the total, up from 2.8% in 2015, while reducing use of fossil … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia, continued

Posted on December 29, 2016 by admin

The Christmas season hasn’t stalled the flow of editorials and letters about forestry practices in Nova Scotia. Journalist Emma Smith writing in the south shore LighthouseNow on The battle over Nova Scotia’s trees (Dec 21, 2016) comments: “The Christmas season … Continue reading →

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Poll indicates strong support for restrictions on clearcutting in Nova Scotia

Posted on December 20, 2016 by admin
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Harvest Plan Map Viewer Updates now include list

Posted on December 20, 2016 by admin

I received an Update for the Harvest Plan Map Viewer today and was pleased to see that map updates are now accompanied by a separate list of new additions. From the e-mail: As part of Nova Scotia Department of Natural … Continue reading →

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AFR Editorial calls for more honesty about the condition of our forests

Posted on December 17, 2016 by admin

In the November issue of Atlantic Forestry Review, editor David Lindsay muses about – old growth forests (“A jurisdiction that loses its old forests becomes an ecological North Korea”) & – the inconsistency between a private woodlot owner having to … Continue reading →

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Feeling the heat: Forest Nova Scotia conducts survey

Posted on December 16, 2016 by admin

In an op-ed in the CH, the executive director of Forest Nova Scotia reassures us that “we’re taking good care of our forests…And Nova Scotians understand that.” Taking note of articles and letters in The Chronicle Herald expressing concerns about … Continue reading →

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