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EAC/ECELAW critique Nova Scotia L&F administered Biodiversity Act process 2Mar2019

Posted on March 2, 2019 by admin

The Liberals rolled out their plan to create  a Nova Scotia Biodiversity Act along with a promise to “initiate a thorough and independent review of our current forestry practices” as part of their platform for the 2017 provincial election. Unlike the … Continue reading →

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Marcus Zwicker: Managed forests sequester more carbon than unmanaged forests

Posted on February 20, 2019 by admin

Some do, some don’t; the statement is unlikely to apply to current management of the forests of Nova Scotia In a post on Marcus Zwicker’s Facebook page, the WestFor General Manager presented the diagram below, with the comment “Managed forests … Continue reading →

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Burned, the Movie about forest bioenergy, continues to make the rounds in Nova Scotia

Posted on February 17, 2019 by admin

While our bureaucrats, politicians, industrial forestry and Nova Scotia Power continue to claim that the Port Hawkesbury biomass plant contributes to GHG reductions for NS, Burned,the Movie, continues to make the rounds:

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Why is the low base saturation/soil acidification/nutrient depletion/extreme surface water acidity in SW Nova Scotia still ignored in Crown land harvest decisions?

Posted on February 3, 2019 by admin

Comment added Feb 6, 2019 With the WestFor mowing machine released to make it’s way through SW Nova Scotia,  our “last great wood basket“,  on Oct 1, 2018, local residents are losing a lot of sleep both from the sound of … Continue reading →

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Lynds & Leduc ’95

Posted on January 28, 2019 by admin

Old forests of Nova Scotia: background & ecological characteristics By Art Lynds and JOHN LeDuc. Nova Scotia Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division Occasional Papers No. 1, September 1995, 18pp Thanks to John LeDuc for scanning and forwarding a PDF … Continue reading →

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Reposting: Readings from Maine: Mitch Lansky on managing forests to increase carbon capture and reduce carbon emissions

Posted on January 23, 2019 by admin

The movie Burned is getting a lot of attention these days in Nova Scotia, as it is shown in communities around the province. As a constructive contribution towards the discussions that follow, it seemed appropriate to repost this item, originally … Continue reading →

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Lichens

Posted on January 21, 2019 by admin

‘Workin on it Habitat Associations of Epiphytic Lichens in Managed and Unmanaged Forest Stands in Nova Scotia Robert Paul Cameron, Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 9, No. 1, (2002), pp. 27-46 McMullin, R. T., P. N. Duinker, R. P. Cameron, D. H. … Continue reading →

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Social Media Posts

Posted on January 16, 2019 by admin

‘This page ‘not intended to be comprehensive. Just some items I happen to catch that are worth noting. Begins on Jan 16, 2019, most recent ones at top. Most are on Public Facebook Group pages, &’may require Facebook sign-in to … 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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Ongoing discussion on social media about forests and forestry in Nova Scotia # 2: about harvesting on very short rotations

Posted on January 6, 2019 by admin

Danny George and others again raising alarms on Social Media, this time not about harvesting Old Growth but about harvesting very young trees. Will anyone listen this time around? Like WestFor’s harvesting, the bad news about forestry in Nova Scotia … Continue reading →

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