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Category Archives: Private Woodlots
Ecologically oriented forestry/small private wood lots in Nova Scotia get a boost 19Oct2021
Finally some good news – if very modest from a financial perspective – for Ecological Forestry in Nova Scotia. From Forestry trust fund doles out $12.4M to 2 projects by Michael Gorman for CBC News Oct 18, 2021: The Family … Continue reading
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Announcement: Common Ground Woodlot tours Aug 21 & 28, 2021
The following was received from Christie Verstraten, Program Director Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners & Operators Association. Common Ground workshops to focus on woodland stewardship, climate change and biodiversity Are you interested in ecologically sensitive forest practices, woodland stewardship and climate-smart … Continue reading
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Ken Gray: the province/WestFor is competing directly with the small loggers in SW Nova Scotia 18Sep2020
As well as addressing widespread concerns about the extent and intensity (clearcutting) of logging in Nova Scotia, the Independent Review of Forest Practices in NS, aka, The Lahey Report, was tasked to “Evaluate market access for private forest owners, particularly … Continue reading
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The Elephant in the Room: what happens to the Lahey Report if The Mill closes? 16Sep2019
Asks Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald: “So what happens to the Lahey Report’s lofty goals if a million tonnes a year of demand for softwood chips and low quality wood disappears from the market on Jan. 31, 2020?” Good … Continue reading
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Bright spots in Nova Scotia forestry are on private lands 22Aug2019
A pamphlet announcing the Woodland Owner of the Year Award arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and finally gave me some good news about forestry in NS to celebrate. The online announcement is here The 2019 award goes to Spence Managed … Continue reading
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The human toll of clearcuts in Nova Scotia 6Aug2019
“This happened to me this winter. 24/7 and the main traverse up my hill by the cutting machine and the skidder, was a few meters from my bedroom window. “A truck was loaded a short distance away and drove away … Continue reading
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Logging one-tree-at-a-time in Nova Scotia 18July2019
“I’ve got grandchildren. I have come from five generations of guides, hunting and guiding in East Camp and we rely on the forest and we always will in one shape or form and if nothing else, then to create the … Continue reading
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Extinction Rebellion NS & friends protest clearcut on private land in Nova Scotia 29June2019
To date, most of the public concern about logging in NS has been focussed on Crown lands. On Thursday, June 27, 2019, 27 people participated in a XRNS protest at a clearcut on private land To date, most of the … Continue reading
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When the neighbours decide to clearcut in Nova Scotia 25 Apr2019
Good will works in many situations to reduce impacts of clearcuts on a neighbour’s land and does not work in many situations. It currently takes more than proximity to neighbours who value the lands around them to stop or substantially … Continue reading
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Spicer Family Woodlot – if all harvested private and Crown woodland were like that, we wouldn’t be concerned about clearcutting in Nova Scotia
They could get a lot more $ if they clearcut – in the short term Peter Spicer, owner of Seven Gulches Forest Products in Spencer’s Island and winner of the Nova Scotia Woodland Owner of the Year Award in 2017, … Continue reading
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