Category Archives: clearcuts

Anti-biomass petition tabled in Nova Scotia Legislature

Posted on November 1, 2016 by admin

The petition to stop using forest biomass for electrical power generation launched by St. Margaret’s Bay resident Helga Guderley in late February garnered over 25,000 signatures within 10 days, but could not be submitted to the Nova Scotia Legislature which … Continue reading →

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Show Us the Science: Crossland and Bancroft comment

Posted on November 1, 2016 by admin

The authors of the hallmark 2010 Natural Resources Strategy report Restoring the Health of Nova Scotia’s Forests comment in the CH today on Mike Parker’s Op-ed of Oct 28 in the CH in which he challenged NSDNR to “Show us … Continue reading →

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The debate warms up: Show us the Science

Posted on October 29, 2016 by admin

When I set up this website, I wanted the Home, blogging page (this page) “to serve as a record of events, news and opinions on the subject of forests and forestry in Nova Scotia as they unfold, beginning on June … Continue reading →

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Clearcuts in a Nature Reserve

Posted on October 28, 2016 by admin

A couple of days ago a CBC post told of clearcuts near a protected area (Keji Park). Today, it’s about a clear cut in a protected area: “A landowner in Joggins, N.S. says he’s frustrated by the province’s strategy of … Continue reading →

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Keji area clearcut to proceed

Posted on October 26, 2016 by admin

According to a CBC report, the clearcut proposed near Kejimkujik National Park, which raised hackles in August, is now going ahead on 94 of the 100 ha. A decision has been deferred on 6 ha that impinge directly on the … Continue reading →

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How trees talk to each other

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

In this TED video, Suzanne Simard, a well published Professor of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, tells an amazing story of how trees nurture each other and makes compelling scientific arguments for taking a new approach to forest … Continue reading →

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A disturbing level of forest disturbance in the Highlands

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

Robert Devet, writing in the Nova Scotia Advocate, points us to ” A weekend video with a difference. No story line, no sound, no people, just images from a drone flying high above the Cape Breton Highlands.” It shows “Large … Continue reading →

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“Steep Slope Initiative” could threaten older forest stands

Posted on October 16, 2016 by admin

Many of our patches of remaining old forest in Nova Scotia occur on steep slopes that have remained inaccessible for harvesting. But that could change. FPInnovations executive vice-president Dr. Trevor Stuthridge talks about development of “new harvesting technologies to provide … Continue reading →

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No more illegal logging on Crown Land

Posted on October 5, 2016 by admin

The Province has announced stiff fines for illegal logging on Crown Land. View Press release. I think it’s no coincidence that just under a year ago Martin Willison, a Halifax based naturalist, publicized an illegal cut in Long Lake Provincial … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forests of the Anthropocene: More Youthful and Slender; Winners and Losers; Sunnier Soils Ahead

Posted on October 2, 2016 by admin

Donna Crossland will talk on this topic at a meeting of the Blomidon Field Naturalists on Monday, October 17, 2016 at Acadia University. View details. I attended an earlier version of this presentation at the Nature Nova Scotia 2016 Conference … Continue reading →

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