Beginning today, June 11, 2018, this page will provide a list of links to news and some social media posts related to forests and forestry in Nova Scotia, the most recent items at the top, as I access them.
Some will also be listed under Independent Review, and some may also be the subject of a post on the Home Page.
Up to this point I have attempted to provide a post on the home page about every news item; all posts are listed under About this site>All Posts. However, I have found that I am missing more and more as at times I can’t keep up with it all, not-to-mention that outdoor Nova Scotia is just too enticing at times.
The dates cited below are the dates of publication of the news items (not the dates on which I accessed them).
NOTE Sep 19, 2018: due to the Chronicle Herald moving their website to a new platform circa Sep 15, 2018, links that refer to articles in the Chronicle Herald before that date are not currently working. Presumably they will fix that issue.
From CPAWS, Amongst those “Promised for protection in 2013… STILL WAITING for official protection by NS government (Photos: NSE)”
- Oct 22, 2018:
Fishermen, First Nation still oppose pipe plan
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle herald - Oct 21, 2018:
Northern Pulp confirms effluent leak at Pictou Landing
Anjuli Patil · CBC News - Oct 19, 2018:
– UPDATE: Northern Pulp pipeline could harm herring spawning beds, say P.E.I. fishermen
Stu Neatby in the Chronicle Herald
– Proposed gold mine in Guysborough County ‘too intrusive,’ says river association
Aaron Beswick in Chronicle Herald - Oct 15, 2018:
–Environmental Assessment for Goldboro Gold Project: Focus Report
Announced Oct 15, 2018: “This is to advise, on October 14, 2018, the Environmental Assessment Branch with Nova Scotia Environment released Terms of Reference for the preparation of a Focus Report required for the Goldboro Gold Project environmental assessment.” - Oct 10, 2018:
– Proposed logging raises concerns for mainland moose territory
Michael Gorman for CBC News - Sep 30, 2018:
– Prepared for the worst: Northern Pulp hosts training for a chemical spill
Adam MacInnis in The News - Sep 28, 2018:
– Lumber mill not doing enough to stop silt runoff into river, say critics
Paul Withers · CBC News. For some further background, view Siltation, sawmills and salmon on the Medway (post, Apr 19, 2018)
– Ecojustice joins fight against Northern Pulp’s effluent plan
Francis Campbell in the Chronicle Herald
– OPINION: Nova Scotia must act before forests can only be found in parks
Helga Guderley in the Chronicle Herald
– OPINION: It’s imperative to embrace ‘ecological forestry’ approach
Paul Pross in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 26, 2018:
– Queens County clearcuts create concern
Nicole Munro in the Chronicle Herald
– COUNTERPOINT: Human pest the worst
Sandy Roberton in the Chronicle Herald. “I note, in the wake of your Sept. 25 article on the tree-destroying ash borer beetle, that successive Nova Scotian governments/politicians are in a fierce competition to see who wins the race to destroy our forests. We may, through mechanical or chemical means, find a way to control the borer, but the human element continues its ongoing forest destruction.” - Sep 25, 2018:
– New Glasgow councillor believes feds should review Northern Pulp plans
Adam MacInnis for The News - Sep 24, 2018:
– Emerald ash borer, Nova Scotia’s latest invasive pest, is well-suited for our winters
John McPhee in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 22, 2018:
– Federal agency confirms presence of tree-destroying beetle in Nova Scotia
Canadian Press in the Chronicle Herald
– Nova Scotia commits $1 million for Halifax wilderness park
Nicole Munro in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 19, 2018:
JIM GUY: Protecting Nova Scotia’s forests could be our commitment to real climate change
Jim Guy in Cape Breton Post - Sep 18, 2018:
– Forestry minister, premier downplay email about clear-cutting reductions
Michael Gorman · CBC News - Sep 17, 2018:
– Nova Scotia ‘serious about reducing’ clear cutting: email
Michael Gorman for CBC News. “Implementing a 100-metre buffer between clearcut and protected areas among changes outlined in letter” - Sep 16, 2018:
Clear cut would destroy critical animal habitat, says Nova Scotia hunter.
Phlis McGregor, Nina Corfu · CBC News “The province says a decision process that is fair and appropriate is being followed.” - Sep 14, 2018:
Minister still weighing recommendations of forestry report
Michael Gorman, CBC News
– Minister Iain Rankin on proposed clearcut (audio)
CBC’s Information Morning - Sep 13, 2018:
– DNR says trail cam image not a cougar, but debate continues on Beaver Mountain
AARON BESWICK THE CHRONICLE HERALD
– Is this proof 150-pound cats still lurk around Nova Scotia?
STUART PEDDLE THE CHRONICLE HERALD
– Boat Harbour cleanup may require federal assessment
Adam Macinnis in Chronicle Herald
– Pilot work to start at Northern Pulp waste treatment site
Adam Macinnis in Chronicle Herald - Sep 8, 2018:
OPINION: Lahey forestry report: The good, the bad & the missing
Raymond Plourde in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 7, 2018
– Government Supports Economic Growth for Indigenous Communities Through Softwood Lumber Action Plan
Natural Resources Canada on newswire.ca. “As part of Canada’s Softwood Lumber Action Plan, this funding will support Mi’kmaq participation in the transformation of Nova Scotia’s forests by promoting a holistic Mi’kmaw approach to forestry known as Netukulimk, ensuring forest development consistent with Indigenous values, and creating jobs in Indigenous communities.”
– OPINION: Lahey’s forestry review sets right course
Wilma Stub, executive director of the Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 6, 2018:
– The forest we’ve got is due to the choices we’ve made for centuries
Gary Saunders in the Chronicle Herald - Sep 5, 2018:
–OPINION: Latest forestry review fails to advance plot
Sarah Fancy in the Chronicle Herald
– Groups representing 2,000 N.S. woodlot owners endorse forestry review
Sherri Borden Colley, CBC News
– Nature Conservancy of Canada conserves large sugar maple forest in central Nova Scotia
Nature Conservancy of Canada. “The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has protected a mature sugar maple forest in Colchester County, thanks to a large land donation made in memory of Dr. George Cook, a surgeon and part-time maple syrup farmer in Truro. Dr. Steven Cook, along with brothers Dr. Laurie Cook and Dr. David Cook, donated the 366-hectare (904-acre) property to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, through the Government of Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program, to honour their late father.”
– Over 350 hectares of Cobequid Hills Acadian forest gifted to Nature Conservancy
Harry Sullivan Truro News/Chronicle Herald - Sep 4, 2018:
– ‘Totally plausible’: Forestry profs say faster growing trees likely on Crown plantations
Connell Smith for CBC News. (New Brunswick) - Sep 3, 2018:
– Step taken to protect Tatamagouche water supply from gold exploration
Anjuli Patil for CBC News - Aug 31, 2018:
– New documentary on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid in Nova Scotia
Blomidon Field Naturalists on YouTube - Aug 29, 2018:
– U.S. International Trade Commission overturns duties on Canadian newsprint
Canadian Press in the Chronicle Herald - Aug 25, 2018:
– SURETTE: We blew it and left ourselves open to nature’s righteous fury
Ralph Surette in the Chronicle Herald
The last days of summer in Nova Scotia in 2018
- Aug 24, 2018:
– Nova Scotia long-term Crown timber harvest leases still on hold
Paul Withers, CNC News. “New Ross forest contractor Colin Hughes [still] has concerns about the WestFor leases”
– No timeline from Nova Scotia government for decision on forestry review
By Jeremy Keefe for Global News. “Two days after receiving a long-awaited independent review of the province’s forest practices, the Nova Scotia government isn’t ready to say whether they’ll accept the recommendations and are hesitant to give a timeline on when that decision will be made.”
– Nova Scotia Forestry report falls short
By John Himmelman, Letter to the Editor
The Chronicle Herald - Aug 23, 2018:
– No attempt to hide $6M payment to Northern Pulp, says McNeil
Jean Laroche · CBC News
– BILL LAHEY IDENTIFIES PATH FORWARD FOR FORESTRY IN NOVA SCOTIA. WILL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT?
Chris Miller on CPAWS-NS - Aug 22, 2018:
– Chronicle Herald Editorial Cartoon: “Biomass Delivery”
– Remembering a Wildlife Champion
The News “I was saddened last week to learn of the passing of Dr. Helene Van Doninck, a veterinarian who ran the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Center near Truro”. I was too. Very saddened.
– Can the Grits bear it?
Chronicle Herald Editorial “The provincial government certainly got what it asked for, but it might be some time before we know whether Stephen McNeil’s Liberals take its radical message to heart.” - Aug 21, 2018:
– What’s in a name? Department of Natural Resources rebrand could cost more than $1M
Michael Gorman · CBC News
– The Lahey Review of Forest Practices is published; what does it mean?
Jennifer Henderson for the Halifax Examiner
– Spraying in Nova Scotia forests soon to begin
Francis Campbell in the Chronicle Herald
– Forestry review calls for less clear-cutting on Crown land
Paul Withers for CBC News
– Review calls for ‘ecological forestry’ approach for Nova Scotia
Francis Campbell for the Chronicle Herald
– Nova Scotia report calls for restrictions on clear-cutting, ‘ecological forestry’
Keith Doucette for Canadian Press’ in Globe and Mail - Aug 20, 2018:
– N.S. pays millions for Northern Pulp’s treatment facility design
Aaron Beswick for the Chronicle Herald. “Tucked into the supplementary information of the Public Accounts document is a grant of $6,001,238.13 to Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. It’s for designing the facility that another arm of the provincial government will conduct an environmental assessment on.” - Aug 19, 2018:
– Dreaded invasive fish makes its way into Kejimkujik Park
Jenny Cowley for CBC News
– Do you think glyphosate – the herbicide that kills weeds – should be banned? (Audio)
CBC Maritime Connections phone-in Host Preston Mulligan, Guest David Patriquin - Aug 18, 2018
– Too-tight connections
Helga Guderley in Voice of the People (Chronicle Herald) - Aug 17, 2018:
Amongst the wild edibles in Jamie Simpson’s book: my favourite – Chicken of the Woods, found on old oaks; no longer a secret!
– Forestry industry pushes back on Trump blaming fires on Canadian lumber imports
Canadian Press in Chronicle Herald
– A guide to food foraging on the East Coast
Brendan Ahern in the Chronicle Herald; featuring Jamie Simpson’s new book Eating Wild in Eastern Canada, A Guide to Foraging the Forests, Fields, and Shorelines - Aug 16, 2018:
– New Urban Wildlands Saved in Halifax
Nova Scotia Nature Trust
– Wildland near Sambro protected after anonymous donation
Nicole Munro in the Chronicle Herald - Aug 14, 2018:
– Former top bureaucrat at DNR lands job at Port Hawkesbury Paper
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald
– A Pictou resident/author says NS should ban pesticide glyphosate, especially given California legal decision
CBC am interview with Joan Baxter - Aug 12, 2018:
– Residents seek clearer information from province on herbicide spraying
Mairin Prentiss for CBC News - Aug 9, 2018:
– Forests dry, but humidity helping keep forest fires at bay
Ian Fairclough in the Chronicle Herald
– Growing better trees by design
Tamar Atik in www.woodbusiness.ca
“Maritime Innovation Limited — J.D. Irving Limited’s (JDI) research lab in Sussex, N.B. — is one of only three places in the world that applies genetic science to grow softwood trees…” - Aug 9, 2018
– Halifax’s forest guardian
Jennifer Lee in The Coast. Also view John Simmons’ 5 favourite trees - Aug 8, 2018:
– Halifax Students Use Arrow 100 for Urban Forestry Project: Determining the Health of 2,000 Street Trees
On eos.com - Aug 7, 2018
– Destruction of wilderness
Donna Miller in the Chronicle Herald Voice of the People - Aug 6, 2018
COMMENTARY: Mining group fixated on land swap
Raymond Plourde in the Chronicle Herald - Aug 1, 2018
– What’s the holdup?
Letter, Neal Livingston, Margaree Environmental Association - July, 2018
– Oops, down goes the old-growth forest! Controversial harvest raises questions about oversight and policy on Crown woodlands
Jamie Simpson in Atlantic Forestry Review for July 2018; text reprinted at acadianforest.wordpress.com - July 30, 2018
– Mining industry seeks land swap mechanism
Chronicle Herald
– Our Better Half: Examining Mass Extinction in Nova Scotia
Zack Metcalfe, originally in Rural Delivery - July 28, 2018:
– SURETTE: Carbon-tax showdown and the real lowdown
Ralph Surette in the CH
– EDITORIAL: Beef up the ‘sanctuary’ concept or biff it
Chronicle Herald
– Herald Opinions-Voice of the People
Ocean dumping ground–Mill skepticism justified–Red herrings - July 27, 2018
– Wildlife Habitat Conservation Grants Announced
NSDNR Press release - July 26, 2018
– Proposed gold mine in game sanctuary going to environmental assessment
Aaron Beswick in Chronicle Herald
– EDITORIAL: Trudeau too tepid on pulp pipe
Chronicle Herald - July 25, 2018:
– Uproar in Nova Scotia over plan to dump pulp effluent into Northumberland Strait
By Joan Baxter in nationalobserver.com
– OPINION: Feds must stick their oar in to protect Northumberland Strait
Ronnue Heighton in the Chronicle Herald - July 24, 2018
– Lunenburg area woodlot owner wins award
Chronicle Herald. View also related NSDNR Press release
– COMMENTARY: Northern Pulp not the only one to get funding
Andy MacGregor in the Chroncile Herald - July 20, 2018: OPINION:
– A Must Sign To Save the Strait – House of Commons Petition e-1750 Environmental Waste
Posted on change.org
– Is P.E.I. the straw that broke the back of Trudeau carbon tax?
Marco Navarro-Genie in the Chronicle Herald - July 17, 2018:
– PC leadership candidate says ‘paid protesters’ attended Northern Pulp pipe protest
Mairin Prentiss · CBC News
– COMMENTARY: Private landowners will play key role in N.S. forestry strategy
Kingsley Brown, President of Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association, in The Chronicle Herald
– Get on with protecting lands, says wilderness protection group
Stuart Peddle in the Chronicle Herald. Also Nova Scotia needs to pick up the pace on protected areas (CPAWS)
– Trudeau leaving Northern Pulp’s Northumberland Strait pipe plans to provincial jurisdiction
Adam MacInnis for The News. Also: Trudeau, McNeil nix idea of Northern Pulp environmental study, AAron beswick in the Chronicle Herald
– Should Nova Scotia’s uranium ban be lifted?
Josh Healy in the Chronicle Herald “This is the first part of a four-part series examining the Nova Scotia government’s ban on uranium exploration and mining in the province.” Comments on WWNS: “GF: There was quite a bit of exploration drilling about 30 years ago WWNS:It was mostly in the back country of Digby County in the early 1980s in what today is the Tobeatic Wilderness Area. Done very discreetly until Bear River guide Watson Peck discovered signs of prospecting back there and wrote a piece to the Digby Courier under the banner of Wake Up Nova Scotia or something similar. That was the beginning of the end for it. GF:they did a lot of exploration in the Wentworth area as well. They even had a building built to house the core samples . Which makes me wonder were those core samples are and if there revisiting them for gold content.” - July 14, 2018:
– Effluent plan will affect marine life: prof
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald - July 12, 2018:
– EDITORIAL: Pulp fiction or pipe dream?
The Guardian. Also republished in the Chronicle Herald on Jul 16, 2018
– Northern Pulp dismisses shutdown rumour
Adam Macinnis in The News/Chronicle Herald
– Sean Fraser says feds keeping an eye on controversy over Northern Pulp pipe plan
The News
– Two federal ministers offer differing statements on Northern Pulp
Stu Neatby in The Guardian - July 11, 2018:
– Trade settlement allows Port Hawkesbury Paper to focus on future
Nancy King for Cape Breton Post
– Natural forces help Point Pleasant rebound 15 years after Juan
John McPhee in the Chronicle Herald
– Lost Northern Pulp profits could be province’s problem
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald - July 10, 2018:
– Court rules Ottawa can halt private development to protect endangered species
Gloria Galloway, Globe and Mail
– UARB approves continuation of special power rate for Port Hawkesbury Paper
Nancy King in Cape Breton Post/Chronicle Herald “Regulator rules rate is crucial to paper mill’s continued operation”
– Voice of the People – July 10, 2018
Chronicle Herald. Four letters comment on The Pipe: Protect the brand, Putting the No in Nova, Why the silence?, Raise a glass - July 9, 2018:
– OPINION: Lack of trust in government stands against effluent pipe plan
Adam Bell in the Chronicle Herald
– EDITORIAL: Northern Pulp pipe plan lacks public trust
Chronicle Herald - July 8, 2018:
– VIBERT: Pulp fiction on a glorious summer weekend
Jim Vibert in the Chronicle Herald - July 7, 2018:
– LETHBRIDGE: Ottawa should assess pipe plan
Gail Lethbridge in Chronicle Herald
– OPINION: Province took dad’s Pictou Landing land
Karen Brewster in the Chronicle Herald. “Father threatened when he resisted — daughter” - July 6, 2018:
Fishing boats assemble for No Pipe protest, July 6. Photo courtesy Woods and Waters NS
– CTV Video: land and Sea Rally in Nova Scotia
CTV Facebook 10 min 45 sec video
– Protesters rally against Northern Pulp effluent pipe
Sueann Musick in the Chronicle Herald
– Protester questions how province can ‘be both the regulator and the sponsor’ for mill’s treatment plan
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald
– Northern Pulp effluent pipe protest draws huge crowds on land and sea in Pictou
CBC News ‘When we sell Nova Scotia to the world, we’re selling it as ‘Canada’s Ocean Playground,’ says Pictou resident.
– VIBERT: The past is present in N.S. cabinet shuffle
Jim Vibert in Chronicle Herald
– Strait to the heart: Residents voice concerns on proposed effluent pipe
Sueann Musick in the Chronicle Herald - July 5, 2018:
– WTO rules in Canada’s favour on dispute with U.S. on glossy paper duties
The Canadian Press in CTV news “The U.S. imposed the duties in 2015, including a 20.18 per cent duty on Nova Scotia’s Port Hawkesbury Paper”
– Fishermen not willing to gamble on pipe
Sueann Musick in The News
– Northern Pulp employees putting their faith in science and company owners
Adam MacInnis in The News
– N.S. premier shuffles several cabinet positions, creates new mines department
By Michael MacDonald, THE CANADIAN PRESS (Global News) Also in the Chronicle Herald
– OPINION: Northern Pulp’s pipe plan is an ask too far
Raymond Plourde in the Chronicle Herald
No pipe protest forging new alliances
Aaron Beswick in The News (New Glascow); print ed of Chronicle Herald. CH e-post
– OPINION: Water more precious than gold, except in N.S.
Joan Baxter in Chronicle Herald
– Burning our birthright
Robt. Miller in Voice of the People/Chronicle Herald - July 4, 2018:
– Proposed Northern Pulp pipe route into ocean hits snag
Paul Palmeter for CBC News - July 3, 2018:
– Airbus delivers four H125s to NSDNR
On www.shephardmedia.com - – COMMENTARY: Pulp effluent contaminating N.S. brand
Wes Surrett in the Chrinicle Herald - June 30, 2018:
– Pulp mill clouds future
Sean and Linda Townsend in Voice of the People/Chronicle Herald - June 28, 2018:
– OPINION: We really can’t afford to keep pulp mill going
Barbara Seplaki, Chronicle Herald - June 28, 2018:
– ENTREVESTOR: U.S. firm acquires Lunenburg forest tech company
Peter Moreira in Chronicle Herald Refers to Woodscamp - June 27, 2018:
– #NOPIPE Land & Sea Rally Set For July 6
Pictou Advocate. “On Friday July 6, Pictou harbour will fill with fishing and pleasure boats and the Pictou waterfront with citizens gathered for the first major Nova Scotia #NOPIPE Land & Sea Rally in support of a healthy Northumberland Strait.” - June 26, 2018:
– Municipality of the County of Annapolis: Forestry Report 2018
“The Forestry Advisory Report is a summary of the initial research on forestry and it includes important and timely recommendations for council’s consideration. The committee sees this report as practical and visionary and it points to the need for both short and long-term collaboration between the province, the private sector, industry, and the municipality”.Thx to Bob Bancroft for bringing this item to my attention. - June 23, 2018:
– Northern Pulp stirs it up
Dick Webster in Voice of the People/Chronicle Herald - June 22, 2018:
– County council talks forests, intersections
The Casket. “A comprehensive presentation from Port Hawkesbury Paper personnel, on forest management practices, took up a good portion of the time, and generated the most discussion, during the Municipality of the County of Antigonish regular monthly council meeting, June 19”
– OPINION: Mining lobby on wrong track with land-swap concept
Dale Smith in the Chronicle Herald - June 21, 2018:
– READER’S CORNER: Tangled forestry
Helga Guderley in the Chronicle Herald - Jun 20, 2018:
– Christmas tree growers grapple with freeze damage
By John McPhee in The Chronicle Herald June 20, 2018 - Jun 18, 2018:
– Of forests and floods: Devastatingly high water raises clearcut questions
Shane Fowler for CBC News. “Some researchers say clear-cutting can boost the severity of floods, such as the one province [New Brunswick] just suffered.”
– Also: Did clear-cutting contribute to this year’s record flooding?
Information Morning – Fredericton June 18, 2018 12min/56 secs Jun 14, 2018:
– The Threat of a line
By Matt Dort on rioproducts.com. About fly-fishing on the Northumberland of shore of NS and the threat of The Pipe.–- – OPINION: New mill plan would yield less-diluted effluent than in Boat Harbour
Dave Gunning in Chronicle Herald. - Jun 12, 2018:
– Port Hawkesbury Paper defends how it manages woodlands
Aaron Beswick in the Chronicle Herald “Claims its silviculture activities are for the good of the province” - Jun 11, 2018:
– Western Woodlot Owner Co-operative ‘motoring right along’
KATHY JOHNSON for the South Shore Breaker/Chronicle Herald. “Membership nears 100 mark going into first AGM” - Jun 10, 2018:
– MP wants committee review of glyphosate
ANDREA GUNN OTTAWA BUREAU Chronicle Herald. “Cumberland-Colchester MP Bill Casey says he is in favour of a health committee review of glyphosate.”
