Category Archives: Conservation

Old Forest Conservation Science Conference Oct 19-21, 2016

Posted on September 11, 2016 by admin

The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute is holding an Old Forest Conservation Science Conference at the Debert Hospitality Centre, Nova Scotia on October 19th-21st, 2016. Conference topics include: – Research, monitoring and stewardship – Private land conservation – First Nations perspective … Continue reading →

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Digby area foresters look to Finland to address issues in NS forestry

Posted on September 9, 2016 by admin

A small group of foresters from the Digby area including Harold Alexander “who has worked the woods in Digby County for more than 30 years, and four other will travel to Finland. The group will attempt to learn why that … Continue reading →

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Goal to reduce clear-cutting, whole-tree harvesting abandoned: author

Posted on August 31, 2016 by admin

So reads the title of a front page article in the Sept 1 print version of the CH following an interview with Donna Crossland. She was a co-author, with Bob Bancroft, of Restoring the Health of Nova Scotia’s Forests, a … Continue reading →

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Dubious claim: forest harvests in Nova Scotia are aligned with nature-based requirements

Posted on August 27, 2016 by admin

“We have now developed tools that ensure that all harvest treatments are aligned with the nature-based requirements of Nova Scotia’s lands.” – Statement under Goal 13 in the Five-year Progress Report on the 2011-2020 Natural Resources Strategy released Aug 16, … Continue reading →

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Member of Steering Panel for Natural Resources Strategy questions government’s commitment

Posted on August 25, 2016 by admin

“A member of an expert panel struck to assess how Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources was managing the province’s forests, minerals, parks and biodiversity says the provincial government is not honouring its commitments to those resources… I think the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Yellow Birch

Posted on August 22, 2016 by admin

Yesterday I attended the dedication of a new NS Nature Trust property on Partridge Island in Parrsboro. (View Press Release.) The presence of a healthy stand of 70% yellow birch is a celebrated feature of the property and the island. … Continue reading →

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Intervale Travails

Posted on July 18, 2016 by admin

Earlier in July, I spent a day slugging through hawthorns on one of Nova Scotia’s remnant intervale (floodplain) forests looking for flowers of the now rare wild leek. The intervale forests are remnant because the first European settlers liked to … Continue reading →

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Opinions– on resetting NS forest policy & protecting woodlands

Posted on July 9, 2016 by admin

The Opinion section of the C-H today (Sat July 9, 2016) carried two articles relating to the state of our forests. Dale Smith, a land use planneer and past Director of Protected Areas, argues for a Reset on Forest Policy. … Continue reading →

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Globally endangered Boreal Felt Lichen set to decline 50% in 25 years despite conservation efforts

Posted on June 22, 2016 by admin

“Researchers call for increased protection as the federally protected Boreal felt lichen population decline in Atlantic Canada shows links to human impacts on the environment.” View Canadian Science Publishing Press Release and CBC interviews with Rob Cameron. This news followed by … Continue reading →

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