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Struggles over forestry: the same script & same characters, only different actors and staging in Nova Scotia, B.C. & Europe 6Jul2021
Forestry issues tend to be local; we react to what we see in the forests around us. This is especially true in NS which is 75% forested and few areas are very far from our towns and villages and … Continue reading
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We now have another “FSC” in Nova Scotia forestry 1July2021
Most of us associate the acronym “FSC” with Forest Stewardship Council certification. Recently, the Nova Scotia Forestry Human Resources Sector Council for which “interim management was provided by the executive of Forest Nova Scotia” rebranded itself the Forestry Sector Council … Continue reading
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Draft Nova Scotia Forestry EA Process surfaces 21May2021
It appears Talk and Log will continue for another four years after the Lahey Recommendations are implemented Full implementation of the Lahey Recommendations, promised by Iain Rankin before the next election, involves several major components, some of which the public … Continue reading
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Highlighting: “Migrant Songs Of Spring” 5Apr2021
Migrant Songs Of Spring Article by Scott Leslie in the current issue (April/May 2021) of Saltscapes Magazine, available as a sample. He describes with photos and text the “beautiful vagabonds” singing their songs as they rejoice in another Atlantic Spring, … Continue reading
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In the News 2020
–This page provides a list of links to news items related to forests and forestry in Nova Scotia beginning Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020 as I was able to catch them. For More recent news, see In the … Continue reading
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Bev Wigney on the revised SGEM for Nova Scotia: perspectives of a naturalist 15Feb2021
Bev Wigney is first and foremost a naturalist. She founded the Facebook Group Annapolis Royal and Area – Environment & Ecology in the fall of 2018, primarily to promote natural history observation in the Annapolis area. She and others became … Continue reading
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While we waited
People for Ecological Forestry in Southwest Nova Scotia, Aug 19, 2020 Facebook Post Rankin said in this CBC interview that: “The ONLY WAY to eventually achieve a more ecological approach is to have that HIGH-PRODUCTION LEG of the triad in … Continue reading
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Older News
This page provides a list of links to news items related to forests and forestry in Nova Scotia beginning June 11, 2018 up to Jan 13, 2020, as I was able to catch them. For more recent items, view In … Continue reading
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Scott Leslie on Protection of the Little Brown Bat habitat at the Corbett Lake Old Hardwood Forest, federal and provincial officials say SAR regulations do not apply 31July2019
So it (still) goes in in Nova Scotia in 2019 Bear River author/naturalist Scott Leslie was interviewed on CBC’s Information Morning NS today about his discovery of the Little Brown Bat at the Corbett Lake Old Hardwood Forest (view NSFN … Continue reading
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