Category Archives: Conservation

Now NS Mining Association blames Parks & Protected Areas for economic woes

Posted on December 19, 2016 by admin

The overwhelming abundance of Parks and Protected Areas in Nova Scotia, 12% of our land area, is frequently cited as the reason intensive forestry is required on the rest, at least the rest that can’t be negotiated with private owners … Continue reading →

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What’s good for salmon is good for trees in Nova Scotia…and v. versa!

Posted on December 13, 2016 by admin

For the sake of the forests and salmon, it’s time for NSDNR/Westfor to heed the science and put the brakes on clearcutting in SW Nova Scotia. I was pleased to read in the Dec 2016 issue of Rural Delivery that … Continue reading →

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A skeptical view of NSDNR’s Forest Management Planning Process

Posted on December 11, 2016 by admin

In an earlier post, I mused whether NSDNR has any forest management plans beyond the 10 years covered by recent fibre allocations for SW Nova Scotia. There is, apparently, a coordinated Forest Management Planning Process at NSDNR that extends even … Continue reading →

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“WoodsCamp brings logging into the 21st Century”

Posted on December 4, 2016 by admin

UPDATE (Feb 13, 2017): NowNS: Online timber brokerage finds ways to make its mark. CH, Feb 13, 2017. UPDATE (Dec 20, 2016): ACOA backs WoodsCamp’s forestry effort Article in LighthouseNow by Gayle Wilson. Thx to MP for pointing it out. … Continue reading →

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Former Keji Science Chair defends Crown land management

Posted on November 30, 2016 by admin

In a CH Op-ed, a former science manager at Kejimkujik National Park and founding chairman of the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute Cooperative pays compliments to a former Senior Manager at Bowater Mersey Paper who is now a senior bureaucrat in … Continue reading →

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Dale Prest: Open Up NS Cap & Trade to accommodate forest carbon capture

Posted on November 24, 2016 by admin

Dale Prest has highlighted a key change needed in Nova Scotia’s recently announced plan to adopt Cap and Trade: “Prest says the province needs to implement the right cap-and-trade system, one that openly trades with markets in Ontario, Quebec and … Continue reading →

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Petition seeks to Stop the Clear-Cutting Near Kejimikujik Park

Posted on November 20, 2016 by admin

The petition to Honourable Lloyd Hines (Minister of Department of Natural Resources), Keith Irving (MLA Kings South) & the Honourable Stephen McNeil (Premier) was initiated by Jennah Larkin of Wolfville. She writes “It has been shown time and time again … Continue reading →

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Cap and Trade could provide major incentive NOT to clearcut

Posted on November 18, 2016 by admin

In the November newsletter of the Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association (NSWOOA), Dale Prest appeals to readers to urge the province to adopt a Cap and Trade system of carbon accounting. “Well-designed climate change policy would give forest … Continue reading →

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What lichens and lichenologists can and sometimes cannot tell us

Posted on November 4, 2016 by admin

Writing in the Halifax Examiner, Linda Pannozo highlights lichens and lichenologists (lichen specialists) in Nova Scotia, and reveals some of the struggles involved in protecting the endangered boreal felt lichen and other species from the ravages of clearcutting. A NSE … 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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