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Shady Accounting and Vanishing Forests on Nova Scotia’s Crown Lands 14Jul2024

Posted on July 15, 2024 by admin

By Nina Newington SUMMARY To justify the sacrifice of biodiversity in the 10% of Crown land to be consigned to High Production Forestry under the Forest Triad, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (DNRR) tells us that … Continue reading →

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Halifax Councillor requests staff report on plan to address Hemlock Wooly Adelgid threat to Eastern Hemlock in HRM 13Nov2023

Posted on November 17, 2023 by admin

——- UPDATE Nov 16, 2023: Councillor Morse was asked to include Sandy Lake and Sackville Lake Parks are mentioned in the motion; she agreed, the motion passed unanimously. ——- Presence of Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, aka the “Hemlock Vampires” in NS … Continue reading →

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Forest fires rage in Nova Scotia, Premier bans forest activities, but not those of forestry 1Jun2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by admin

I just read a letter by Annapolis Valley naturalist Bev Wigney sent yesterday to  Premier Houston and NRR Minister Tory Rushton in which she appeals to them to to “shut down forestry operations completely, with *no loopholes*”. I  had read … Continue reading →

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Why was the Port Hawkesbury Paper FULA not preceded by a EA or equivalent process?11Feb2023

Posted on February 11, 2023 by admin

Application of EA or EA type of process to FULAs (Forest Utilization License Agreement) was seen by Prof Lahey as a critical “to bring transparency and accountability to the [planning] process and to mitigate the concerns about how DNR internally … Continue reading →

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Citizen Scientists discover SAR lichens and a new logging road in proposed protected area 25Nov2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by admin

“A group of citizen scientists in Southwest Nova Scotia are asking the premier to freeze harvests and road-building immediately in the forests surrounding Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County. “This patch of crown land on the South Mountain inland from Tupperville … Continue reading →

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What it was all about

Posted on July 14, 2022 by admin

Post on Extinction Rebellion Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia, July 7, 2022 What was the Last Hope camp, what did we achieve, and what now? The short version: “Where government is failing to protect the natural world we all rely on, … Continue reading →

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“60% of the Last Hope forest is now completely off-limits to cutting” 21Jun2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by admin

UPDATE – June 29, 2022 Update journalist Linda Pannozzo received from the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables last week – go to the bottom of this post for a cc. – Protesters pack up with a win after camping … Continue reading →

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On logging of Nova Scotia Crown land parcel AP068499 Beals Meadow : 3. The Depleted Soils 19Jun2022

Posted on June 19, 2022 by admin

At the very least, soil samples should be taken at AP068499 Beals Meadow (and other sites on depleted soils the Ecological Matrix being considered for harvest) to assess the current state of the soils… If there are no signs of … Continue reading →

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On potential climate benefits of the New Glasgow Nova Scotia District Heating Project 11Jun2022

Posted on June 11, 2022 by admin

Claims of climate benefits for any forest bioenergy project need to be backed up with  rigorous and transparent carbon accounting; there is some indication that the New Glasgow project, in contrast to other forest bioenergy projects in Nova Scotia, is … Continue reading →

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Nutrient Budgeting for AP068499 Beals Meadow

Posted on June 9, 2022 by admin

I have asked some questions of personnel at Nova Scotia Natural Resources & Renewables (NSNRR) about the application of  the forest Nutrient Budget Model for Nova Scotia (NBM-NS)  to Crown land block  AP068499 Beals Meadow  which lies an area of highly … Continue reading →

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