Category Archives: Letters&Editorials

Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..Nov 2, 2017 – the case for growing bigger, older trees

Posted on November 3, 2017 by admin

In an op-ed published in the business section of the Chronicle Herald today (Nov 2, 2017), Soren Bondrup-Nielsen looks at some stats on wood production, area harvested and employment in the forest industry in Nova Scotia and concludes: The only … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..Oct 28, 2017

Posted on October 28, 2017 by admin

Following the critique of “misinformed local academics” just a few days ago, another letter expressing frustration with “bias and undue criticism of our [forestry] industry and practices” appears in today’s Chronicle Herald. “My family has been involved in forestry for … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..Oct 24, 2017

Posted on October 26, 2017 by admin

Lumber rep goes after Nova Scotia’s “misinformed local academics”; pilot offers another view In Voice of the People (Chronicle Herald Oct 23, 2017), Cassie Turple of “Ledwidge Lumber, Enfield”, goes after Nova Scotia’s “misinformed local academics”: I read the story … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forestry in the Spotlight..30Sep2017

Posted on October 1, 2017 by admin

Forestry issues made a splash on the opinion pages this weekend, and more quietly, on the woodlot of Peter and Pat Spicer at Spencer’s Island on the Fundy shore of Cumberland Co. Writes Jim Guy, author and professor emeritus of … Continue reading →

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If we run into some good woods, we must be off of Crown land

Posted on September 8, 2017 by admin

So writes Zack Metcalfe, citing a not-so-funny joke told to him by a guide taking him through a slice of Halifax County. A Quiet Word on Forestry, published in the September issue of Rural Delivery, begins with “There are no … Continue reading →

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NSDNR Minister: Help conservation by being better informed & treading carefully

Posted on September 2, 2017 by admin

In a Canadian Press item about the addition of eleven species to Nova Scotia’s list of species at risk, Natural Resources Minister Margaret Miller is cited as saying that Nova Scotians can help with conservation by becoming better informed and … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..Aug 22, 2017: Columnist bemoans broken promises

Posted on August 23, 2017 by admin

“In its first term, the Liberal government failed virtually every test of forest conservation.” In VIBERT: Promise may be last chance for N.S. forests, Jim Vibert writes In its first term, the Liberal government failed virtually every test of forest … Continue reading →

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‘Still no word on the Independent Review of Nova Scotia forestry

Posted on August 13, 2017 by admin

Asked about the Independent Review, DNR Deputy Minister Julie Towers interviewed on CBC Information Morning On June 30, 2017, commented that they were “scoping it out, drafting Terms of Reference and we are bringing forward the options so that we … Continue reading →

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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..July 25, 2017 & thoughts of a Silent Spring

Posted on July 28, 2017 by admin

Donna Crossland’s op-ed Slaying songbirds for woodchips in the CH July 22, 2017 (view post about it on this website) elicited two supportive, if sorrowful, letters in the CH July 25, 2017 From BG in Canning: Donna Crossland’s article on … Continue reading →

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Crossland: federal Migratory Birds Convention Act ignored as habitat is cut for chips

Posted on July 22, 2017 by admin

In an opinion piece in the CH, Donna Crossland bemoans the destruction of bird habitat by clearcutting noting that May-June are the most critical months for many forest songbirds, though most of us remain unaware of the rather frantic lives … Continue reading →

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