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Ground Zero: Mining companies (& others) want the “low hanging fruit” in Nova Scotia’s Protected Areas

Posted on November 7, 2017 by admin

Those who need the low hanging fruit the most are the wildlife. I think most Nova Scotians want us to leave it there for them. UPDATE Nov 11, 2017: Three items in the Chronicle Herald, none as yet supportive of … Continue reading →

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CBC Mainstreet on clearcutting near Gully Lake Wilderness Area

Posted on May 25, 2017 by admin

On CBC Mainstreet yesterday afternoon, CBC host Bob Murphy interviewed Raymond Plourde (Wilderness Coordinator for the Ecology Action Centre) and Karen Beazley (Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University) about the effects of clearcutting close … Continue reading →

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Update on the clearcuts close to Gully Lake Wilderness Area: NSDNR changes them to partial cuts

Posted on May 24, 2017 by admin

Barely a day after Jonathan Riley wrote about clearcuts close to Gully Lake Wilderness Area in the Truro Daily News (May 23, 2017), the same news organization & journalist report that DNR backs away from Gully Lake clear cuts. DNR … Continue reading →

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Keji area clearcut to proceed

Posted on October 26, 2016 by admin

According to a CBC report, the clearcut proposed near Kejimkujik National Park, which raised hackles in August, is now going ahead on 94 of the 100 ha. A decision has been deferred on 6 ha that impinge directly on the … Continue reading →

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This a.m in the news: Defending clearcuts, Concerns about spraying, and More clearcuts near protected spaces

Posted on September 10, 2016 by admin

Two letters in the CH today argue that all is well. “Woodlot owners are well on their way to making Nova Scotia the greenest forest constituency in North America.” says Kingsley Brown, President, Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 27, 2019 by admin

Nov 18, 2017: Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued..continued 18Nov2016: Two Perspectives Nov 15, 2017: MANS proposal to swap mines and protected area in Nova Scotia hardly dead Nov 14, 2017: ‘Want to comment on a post … 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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NS Legislature’s Resource Committee Thurs 24 May 2018: Current State and Future of the Forestry Industry in Nova Scotia

Posted on May 5, 2018 by admin

WestFor will be a witness and the Report of the Independent Review of Forestry Practices should be in, so it could be the first open-to-the-public discussion of the recommendations related to the Western Crown Lands The Nova Scotia Legislature’s Standing … Continue reading →

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The legacy of Nova Scotia’s Tobeatic wilderness

Posted on October 22, 2017 by admin

Naturalist Alain Belliveau has been concerned about harvesting in the Tobeatic Wildlife Management Area and realized that few people know what the Sanctuary / Wildlife Management Area is all about, so wrote an essay about it. Alain appeals to Nova … Continue reading →

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Clearcut Nova Scotia, continued..12June 2017

Posted on June 17, 2017 by admin

Recently announced cuts include 343 ha of clearcuts next to two Protected Areas in Cape Breton The latest announcement of Crown land harvests (Harvest Plan Map Viewer June 12, 2017): 2,320 hectares (188 parcels, 73% clearcuts, 27% partial cuts; comments … Continue reading →

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