Category Archives: Old Growth

Clearcut Nova Scotia continued..17July2017 & how much wood can be harvested from one hectare

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

How much wood? Plenty, but not on 50-year rotations! With promises of “the right balance” at some time in the future, clearcutting on Crown land continues unabated including cuts close to Protected Areas. The latest announcement cites plans for 48 … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia protects significant older forest stands and an important corridor

Posted on April 4, 2017 by admin

With these latest additions, the total area protected is 12.4% of Nova Scotia’s land area. In March of 2017, Nova Scotia Parks and Protected Areas (a section of Nova Scotia Environment) designated two new Wilderness Areas and expansion of another … Continue reading →

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Call of the Forest documentary screens in Halifax tonight (Mar 24, 2017)

Posted on March 24, 2017 by admin

“Call of the Forest comments on the state of the world’s old growth forests and reminds us that trees provide emotional and physical benefits to those ever in its presence.

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AFR Editorial calls for more honesty about the condition of our forests

Posted on December 17, 2016 by admin

In the November issue of Atlantic Forestry Review, editor David Lindsay muses about – old growth forests (“A jurisdiction that loses its old forests becomes an ecological North Korea”) & – the inconsistency between a private woodlot owner having to … Continue reading →

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How trees talk to each other

Posted on October 24, 2016 by admin

In this TED video, Suzanne Simard, a well published Professor of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, tells an amazing story of how trees nurture each other and makes compelling scientific arguments for taking a new approach to forest … Continue reading →

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Connecting to Wapane’kati

Posted on October 23, 2016 by admin

I attended the MTRI Old Forest Conservation Science Meeting at Debert this past week, anticipating that it would be a good experience and it was. I am guessing the attendance was about 80 people, from all walks – foresters, rangers, … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forests of the Anthropocene: More Youthful and Slender; Winners and Losers; Sunnier Soils Ahead

Posted on October 2, 2016 by admin

Donna Crossland will talk on this topic at a meeting of the Blomidon Field Naturalists on Monday, October 17, 2016 at Acadia University. View details. I attended an earlier version of this presentation at the Nature Nova Scotia 2016 Conference … Continue reading →

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Working forest & trails go together

Posted on September 28, 2016 by admin

From the Kings Co. Advertiser/Register: “Larry and Greta Goodwin will be officially recognized as Woodland Owner of the Year for the Western Region of Nova Scotia during a public field day on their Hillgrove property this Saturday, Oct. 1. “The … Continue reading →

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In awe of mature forest in Nova Scotia

Posted on September 12, 2016 by admin

Zak Metcalfe, writing in the CH, expresses feelings so many of us feel when we walk through a mature or old growth forest, now so rare in Nova Scotia. The sensation of stepping into a forest of relative maturity is … Continue reading →

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