Category Archives: softwood lumber

Could Nova Scotia-produced Mass Timber reduce our housing shortage AND save our Old Forests? 7Jan2024

Posted on January 7, 2024 by admin

The first Mass Timber manufacturing facility east of Quebec is due to begin production in Hants Co., N.S. in 2026 and could supply as much as 1/4 of the housing supply in NS by the end the decade.  Can it … Continue reading →

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JD Irving looking for Forest Products Truck Driver (Class 1) 25Jan2022

Posted on January 25, 2022 by admin

“J.D. Irving, Limited, NS Woodlands Division is currently seeking candidates for Forest Products Truck Driver (Class 1) . Operations will take place within Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Forest Products Truck Driver will be expected to operate the Truck in … Continue reading →

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Elmsdale Biochar initiative provides some good news on the forestry front, but we still need rigorous forest & forestry carbon accounting for Nova Scotia 28Dec2020

Posted on December 28, 2020 by admin

UPDATE DEC 30, 2020: Another good news item involving Mr. Wilbur appeared in the news yesterday: view NS Nature Trust Wild Blue Announcement ——- Kudos are due to oft-outspoken Robin Wilbur of Elmsdale Lumber for his seriously pursuing production of … 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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New Brunswick filmmaker asks ‘Is our forest really ours?”

Posted on November 6, 2018 by admin

Nova Scotians are asking the same question as we wait for the government to respond to the Lahey Report and clearcutting continues unabated on Crown lands In Filmmaker exposes corporate capture in forestry in New Brunswick (The New Brunswick Media … Continue reading →

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Elmsdale Lumber employee John Casey in CFI’s Top 10 Under 40

Posted on October 4, 2018 by admin

View Introducing CFI’s sixth annual Top 10 Under 40 By Canadian Forestry Staff, on www.woodbusiness.ca, oct 3, 2018. Some extracts:  Canadian Forest Industries is proud to be running its sixth consecutive annual issue showcasing the Top 10 forestry leaders under … Continue reading →

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While we wait for “The Report”, it’s the same old same old from our two Nova Scotia pulp mills; and some thoughts on what the Independent Review will recommend

Posted on June 28, 2018 by admin

While we wait in some kind of suspended animation for the Report from the Independent Review of Forest Practices following the last formal comment on April 30, 2018, the two major drivers of dissatisfaction with forestry practices in Nova Scotia – … Continue reading →

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Siltation, sawmills and salmon on the Medway

Posted on April 19, 2018 by admin

Could the return of salmon to our rivers be a unifying goal for all Nova Scotians; and the return itself the principal criterion for sustainable management of whole watersheds (including the forests)? CBC News reports that a fishing guide has … Continue reading →

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Softwood lumber exemption for Nova Scotia is restored

Posted on November 2, 2017 by admin

“The removal of punitive duties on Nova Scotia softwood lumber exports was announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce, after it ruled Nova Scotia’s lumber sector was operating in an open market rather than receiving an unfair subsidy.” Read … Continue reading →

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Time to plan ahead: the future of the Acadian Forest in an era of climate warming

Posted on October 29, 2017 by admin

In a paper published in Forest Ecology and Management in September and highlighted recently by a Canadian Press report (Oct 27, 2017), Anthony R Taylor of the Canadian Forest Service and six collaborators use a forest ecosystem simulation model to … Continue reading →

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