Category Archives: Triad

What’s it take to convince Nova Scotia DNRR to give interim protection to an area with 33 occurrences of SAR Old Growth Forest Indicators? 15Mar2024

Posted on March 16, 2024 by admin

That’s what Forest Protector Nina Newington asks on Day 13 of “Lichen Camp”. Forty SAR occurrences, 33 of them an old growth forest indicator species, are not enough, it seems, to convince DNRR to give the whole area interim protection … Continue reading →

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BDO Zone Initiative issues an “A-rating” for Southwest Nova Scotia as a location to develop “Bioeconomy Projects” 4Feb2024

Posted on February 4, 2024 by admin

This latest “Bioeconomy” initiative would involve use of 550,000 green metric tons per year of sawmill residuals and by-product wood fibre from the forest sector. In the formal BDO Zone Report, cautions are expressed that are not amongst the highlights … Continue reading →

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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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More updates from Nova Scotia NRR including Triad info. on Harvest Plan Map Viewer 27Apr2023

Posted on April 27, 2023 by admin

Received from Forestry Maps today: The Harvest Plans Map Viewer is receiving an update to its legend that aligns with the Department’s continued work towards the implementation of Ecological Forestry on Crown lands. The updated legend, shown below, has two … Continue reading →

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Nina Newington on Citizen Science and the hold on harvesting at Goldsmith Lake 10Mar2023

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin

Nina Newington, writing on Extinction Rebellion Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia (public FB group), Mar 9, 2023: “Citizen scientists working to protect the forest around Goldsmith Lake got some good news last week and some excellent media coverage this week: thanks … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Environment looking for planner to lead achievement of 20% Protected Areas 8Nov2022

Posted on November 6, 2022 by admin

There has been very little info and essentially no public consultation coming from the government through 2022 in regard to fully implementing the Triad system of forest management by the beginning of 2023 (re: commitment stated in item 10c in … Continue reading →

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