Category Archives: Pulp & Paper

Update on Nova Scotia Crown land logging licenses 8Oct2019

Posted on October 8, 2019 by admin

I appreciate the quick response of L&F to my inquiry about license renewals. I have to wonder, though, why such info is not routinely made available on the web page for the Forest Harvest Allocation Maps – along with the … Continue reading →

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Focus Report for the Northern Pulp Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility released to the public, written comments invited 3Oct2019

Posted on October 3, 2019 by admin

On March 29, 2019, theNova Scotia Environment minister directed Northern Pulp to submit a Focus Report to address deficiencies in its Registration Document for its proposed Replacement Effluent Treatment Facility. In a news release yesterday (Oct 2, 2019), NSE announced … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Premier McNeil appears to be backing off on his commitment to close Boat Harbour on schedule 27Sep2019

Posted on September 27, 2019 by admin

From the Canadian Press in the Star on Dec 13, 2018: Premier Stephen McNeil reiterated Thursday that his government has no intention of backing away from its deadline. McNeil said it would look at options to help diversify the forest … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Room: what happens to the Lahey Report if The Mill closes? 16Sep2019

Posted on September 16, 2019 by admin

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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Pannozzo on why big Nova Scotia sawmills’ are so supportive of pulp&paper/clearcutting 17Mar2019

Posted on March 17, 2019 by admin

In a superb piece of investigative journalism, Linda Pannozzo has answered a question I have long wondered about: why are the larger sawmills in NS so supportive of Industrial Forestry/clearcutting when it seems clear that in the longer run those … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forest Technicians Association advocates extension of the Boat Harbour Act

Posted on January 23, 2019 by admin

Update Jan 25, 2019: View Department of Lands and Forestry employees are lobbying the government to delay cleanup of Boat Harbour in Halifax Examiner. ———– Posted ~2000 hr Jan 23, 2019 Modified 2300, Jan 23, 2019 From a post on … 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

Posted on January 9, 2019 by admin

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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Nova Scotia Woodland Owner of the Year Award in 2017 on Social Media 7Jan2019 to defend Northern Pulp

Posted on January 8, 2019 by admin

UPDATE JAN 11, 2019: Peter Spicer’s piece below made it to the Chronicle Herald (requires subscription) yesterday under the title ” OPINION: Give Northern Pulp a chance to succeed; rural jobs hang in balance” —————————- “Everyone seems to have an … Continue reading →

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FYI: Nova Scotia L&F/WestFor Agreement FOIPOPed

Posted on December 29, 2018 by admin

Back on Oct 4, I asked While we wait for the government to respond to the Independent Review, what agreement is in place with WestFor? I got the answer from a Nov 5 CBC interview: CBC interviews reveal WestFor got … Continue reading →

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Don Wilson on what could happen if The Mill closes

Posted on December 15, 2018 by admin

On Woods and Waters Nova Scotia (Facebook Page) Dec 15, 2018: This from Don Wilson: Nova Scotia Privately owned Forests – Changes are coming “Earlier this year, while standing in a Saturday afternoon smog generated at the Pulp Mill across … Continue reading →

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