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Category Archives: NSDNR
Danny George rings the alarm bell (again) on Loon Lake Nova Scotia clearcuts of Old Growth
There is a lot to be explained here, and changed here, as there is just about anywhere that Nova Scotia’s Crown land forests are being harvested. UPDATE Feb 26, 2018: Veteran forester worried we are wasting old growth forest, CBC … Continue reading
Posted in Acadian Forest, Biomass, Biophilia, clearcuts, Forest Certification, Independent Review, Loon Lake, Lumber, NSDNR, Old Growth, Parks & Protected Areas, Pulp & Paper
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A scientist’s perspectives on NSDNR Science
UPDATE Feb 22, 2018: View also OPINION: Instant economic gratification killing the environment by Soren Bondrup-Nielsen, Chronicle Herald Feb 20, 2018 ——————– Helga Guderley, a retired but still very active biologist, was one of the founding members of the Healthy … Continue reading
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Update on the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia names experts
“Bill Lahey, University of King’s College president and leader of Nova Scotia’s Independent Review of Forest Practices, has assembled a team of experts to help review forest harvest practices and the overall role of Crown wood supply throughout Nova Scotia.” … Continue reading
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Senior forester sought by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
This item was posted yesterday (Nov 9, 2017) on the NS Government website Competition # 6101 Director Forestry, Permanent, TRURO Natural Resources Posting Closing Date: 11/30/2017 … Duties: Reporting to the Executive Director, Renewable Resources Branch, the Director of Forestry … Continue reading
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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..Nov 9, 2017 – Critic blasts the Healthy Forest Coalition
Writing a commentary placed in the the business section of the Chronicle Herald, “a retired federal trade and economic development official” fires a few blasts at the Healthy Forest Coalition and defends the senior bureaucrats at NSDNR. Writes V.T: The … Continue reading
Procedure for approving harvests on Nova Scotia Crown lands now outlined on the HPMV
The covering web page for the Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV) has been modified recently, and now outlines the overall process for approving harvests on Crown land. It involves four steps: Step 1. The Crown land Licensee develops proposed harvest … Continue reading
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Words, rhythms and songs of the Forest Funeral at Province House, Nova Scotia, Oct 19, 2017
In case you missed it… About 600 souls participated in a Forest Funeral on Thursday afternoon, assembling in the Grand Parade Square and proceeding to Province House, the air filled with the solemn notes of a Funeral March played on … Continue reading
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A day of mourning for Nova Scotia’s forests & wildlife
In an op-ed, Donna Crossland of the Healthy Forest Coalition writes about the losses being mourned at the “Forest Funeral” taking place today in Halifax. When bobcat and fisher lose their homes through clearcutting, seldom can they move elsewhere to … Continue reading
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Jamie Simpson on forests and forestry in Nova Scotia and the Forest Funeral
Don Connolly interviewed Jamie Simpson earlier today on CBC Information Morning about forests and forestry in Nova Scotia and the upcoming Forest Funeral. Below is an abbreviated transcript of the interview. Intro: Jamie Simpson is fed up. He is a … Continue reading
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A brief history of recent times in Nova Scotia’s Acadian forest
Writing in The Coast (Oct 5, 2017), author Joan Baxter outlines “The long history of Nova Scotia sacrificing its forests to big pulp, and why it has to end” The coast obviously figures it is a topical issue: the print … Continue reading
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