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Will the PCs deliver on their promise to implement Triad Forestry in Nova Scotia by year end? 10Dec2023
‘Just wonderin’ re: items (c) and (d) below and ‘The Big Question” (right). The current* NS Government’s Commitment (clause 10 in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act, As Passed on Nov 5, 2021, bolding inserted): *A PC Government … Continue reading
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NRR’s Peter Bush to talk about Old Growth Forest Policy Thurs. Nov 3, 2022
I just learned about it today, in the course of some correspondence with Peter Bush (Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables Old-Growth Forest Coordinator). A notice about this talk was, apparently, just posted today on the MTRI Facebook … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Forestry Economic Task Force wants feedback on opportunites, obstacles…7Oct2022
The Online Survey is open until Oct 25, 2022. I did the survey & felt it is well designed and worthwhile doing – if they actually follow up on it. I encourage the Forestry Economic Task Force to publish a … Continue reading
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On NS TRIAD: What’s left to do to implement the Forest Triad in Nova Scotia by 2023? Plenty 13Jul2022
The recommendation to implement a “Forest Triad” in NS was a central recommendation of the Forest Practices Review (aka the Lahey report, The Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia) tabled on Aug 21, 2018. Under the Liberals (2013-2021) … Continue reading
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Rally in Halifax to protest clearcutting Mainland Moose habitat, 1 p.m. Wed Nov 22, 2021
UPDATE Nov 26,27 2021: –Video by Eko Raharjo, Reflections on moose protest, footage of the Rocky lake area (On Facebook) – Province releases mainland moose recovery plan with “high priority” actions ETHAN LYCAN-LANG in the Halifax Examiner “Part of the … Continue reading
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Is High Production Forestry compatible with the Nova Scotia Premier’s commitment to carbon neutrality? 11Mar2021
Simply put, one cannot make the assumption that “implementing the Lahey recommendations” will help to mitigate climate change Candidate Rankin and now Premier Rankin continues to voice loudly his commitment to addressing climate change, in the Speech from the Throne … Continue reading
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Mon Oct 28, 2019: Law Amendments Public Hearing on Nova Scotia Sustainable Development Goals Act 27Oct2019
A thorough sham – and shame – of process View Update Oct 29, 2019 Just received: The provincial government quietly posted on their website on Friday afternoon that there is a Law Amendments Hearing for the public, on Monday morning … Continue reading
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What you get and some of what you do not get on the Nova Scotia Harvest Plan Map Viewer (and where to get it)
The Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV) was launched by NSDNR on April 18, 2016. It replaced the “pdf-based harvest operation maps that the Department of Natural Resources launched in 2014.” (View example of the PDFs.) The HPMV was a huge … Continue reading
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Zack M on the difference between the forests of Nova Scotia, BC and Scotland
In the midst of Zack’s article bemoaning our loss of spectacular forests, a video-ad appeared extolling the benefits of our current forestry practices “Why”, asked Zack Metcalfe, “are the wilds of Canada’s West Coast fundamentally more spectacular than those of … Continue reading
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