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Category Archives: New PC Government
Why was the Port Hawkesbury Paper FULA not preceded by a EA or equivalent process?11Feb2023
Application of EA or EA type of process to FULAs (Forest Utilization License Agreement) was seen by Prof Lahey as a critical “to bring transparency and accountability to the [planning] process and to mitigate the concerns about how DNR internally … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Citizen Scientists discover SAR lichens and a new logging road in proposed protected area 25Nov2022
“A group of citizen scientists in Southwest Nova Scotia are asking the premier to freeze harvests and road-building immediately in the forests surrounding Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County. “This patch of crown land on the South Mountain inland from Tupperville … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Ind Rev Post-Report, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Why we need to set clear goals for conservation of Old Forest – not just Old Growth – in Nova Scotia 8Jun2022
SUMMARY Big Forestry in Nova Scotia, the forestry folks in the Nova Scotia government and the federal forestry folks in Canada like to point out that there has been very little deforestation in Nova Scotia and in Canada at large, and consequently … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Ind Rev Post-Report, Landscape Level Planning, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government, Old Growth, Wabanaki Forest
Comments Off on Why we need to set clear goals for conservation of Old Forest – not just Old Growth – in Nova Scotia 8Jun2022
Nova Scotia government puts hold on logging of Crown land in watershed hosting endangered Atlantic Whitefish 9May2022
UPDATE May 10 2022: Reprieve for critically endangered Atlantic whitefish as logging plans halted by Paul Withers for CBC News “N.S. government cites concerns road construction needed to access area near Bridgewater could harm lakes” ——— I just received, as … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Natural History, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables looking for a Policy Analyst 29Apr2023
UPDATE May 4, 2022: Hiring of strategists, organizers, analyzers and communicators at NSNRR continues re: Ad for a Project Manager (Program Admin Officer 4) Competition # : 35384 Department: Natural Resources & Renewables Location: HALIFAX Closing Date: 5/17/2022 ———— ORIGINAL … Continue reading
Posted in Ind Rev Post-Report, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Big Forestry and Big Development versus Precious Natural Places in rural and urban Nova Scotia 15Apr2022
The Good News: Nova Scotians care about these places, regardless of the governing party A deluge of pleas to write letters/join campaigns recently makes it clear that the pressure to obtain direct economic benefit at the expense of some our most … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Getting to know AP068499 Beals Meadow (in Nova Scotia) remotely: verse and maps 21Feb2022
Today is Day 82 at the Last Hope for Wildlife Encampment on the Crown land block AP068499 Beals Meadow in Annapolis Co. So far, the neighbours haven’t complained! There’s much that the more timid or less-able-to-travel of us can learn … Continue reading
Posted in Ind Rev Post-Report, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government, Social Media, Social Values, Variable Retention, WestFor
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New senior level hires at Nova Scotia NRR continue, now Executive Director of Forestry and Wildlife 13 Feb2022
In the past week, there have been ads posted for 3 upper level positions at NRR, so far no reference to Ecological Forestry vis a vis key Lahey recommendation. Now a 4th, focussed directly on forestry and wildlife – and … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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Nova Scotia NRR looking for another senior level strategist 8Feb2022
Recently, there have been ads posted for 4 upper level strategists at NRR, (plus an Executive Director of Forestry and Wildlife), so far no reference to Ecological Forestry vis a vis key Lahey recommendation UPDATE Feb 21, 2022: And another, … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government
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A second Line in the Sand of Crown land forests in Annapolis Co. 20 Jan2022
Early on, in fact on Day 2 of the Last Hope Wildlife Corridor Encampment /Protest, a senior bureaucrat at Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables stated clearly they were not about to change direction in regard to Crown land block … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Ind Rev Post-Report, Landscape Level Planning, Natural Resources & Renewables, New PC Government, Wabanaki Forest
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