Category Archives: Parks & Protected Areas

Gold Miners encroaching on The Big Animals’ Lands

Posted on July 27, 2018 by admin

UPDATE July 30, 2018: Mining industry seeks land swap mechanism Chronicle Herald, July 30, 2018. Like a stuck record… – View DNR response to the same proposal last fall: DNR says no mining access to Nova Scotia’s wilderness areas (Aaron … Continue reading →

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NSE issues clarification on Protected Areas target

Posted on July 21, 2018 by admin

Francis Martin, Deputy Minister Nova Scotia Environment sent this message out on July 19, 2018 (I happened to be on the mailing list): Regarding the recent CBC reporting on protected areas and to clarify, there has been no change of … Continue reading →

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Halifax Green Network Plan released June 21, 2018 puts Landscape Level Planning for Halifax well ahead of the province as a whole

Posted on June 23, 2018 by admin

The Final Draft of the The Halifax Green Network Plan, under development for several years,  was released on June 21, 2018. The Halifax Green Network Plan (HGNP) was initiated in 2015 shortly after the adoption of the 2014 Regional Municipality … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia DNR employee apparently clearcut land then sold it to DNR at 2X assessed value

Posted on June 2, 2018 by admin

UPDATE June 5, 2018: More discussion from WWNS added at the end of the post —————————- This well documented, disturbing allegation is made in a May 31, 2018 post How much wood does a clear cutter cut, when a clear … Continue reading →

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Port Hawkesbury Paper responds to concerns about harvesting in the Loon Lake area

Posted on March 10, 2018 by admin

I received today PHP’s public response to concerns about harvesting in the Loon Lake area. It is provided below as received (except that the PDF text is converted to WordPress text). We (the public) and PHP (as cited below) are … Continue reading →

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Old Acadian forest/salmon watercourse and forested wetland in Halifax-Dartmouth at risk

Posted on March 10, 2018 by admin

While loss of old forest habitat associated with extensive clearcutting on short rotations in more rural areas is considered by ecologists to be the #1 threat to forest biodiversity in Nova Scotia, bulldozers in and around the more urban areas … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forestry in the News…Sat Mar 3, 2018

Posted on March 3, 2018 by admin

DNR responds to concerns about cuts in the Loon Lake area; Saunders says using toilet paper makes us all hypocrites While one purpose of the posts on this website is “to serve as a record of events, news and opinions on … Continue reading →

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Ho Hum, more cutting near Nature Reserve in SW Nova Scotia

Posted on February 26, 2018 by admin

It happens so often, it’s hardly breaking news, but it is worth noting. The latest DNR notification (Feb 23, 2018) of newly proposed Crown land harvests are for clearcuts on 457 ha, partial cuts on 39 ha distributed over 4 … Continue reading →

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Danny George rings the alarm bell (again) on Loon Lake Nova Scotia clearcuts of Old Growth

Posted on February 23, 2018 by admin

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 →

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Game sanctuaries still fair game for industrial forestry and miners

Posted on February 13, 2018 by admin

An article in the Chronicle Herald today provides some of the history of our Game Sanctuaries and highlights the fact that except where they overlap with formally protected lands, clearcutting and mining can still take place; hunting and trapping cannot.* … Continue reading →

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