Use of a mini-forwarder allows a “more gentle touch” on a privately owned woodlot in central NS, Conform Limited/NSWOOA Field Day, Oct 6, 2018.
“The Family Forest Network is a collaboration among 11 charitable, non-profit and co-operative organizations that seek to promote ecologically sensitive forest management on small, privately owned woodlands in Nova Scotia. The partners will conduct a five-year, $10.6 million project that aims to:
– Develop a steward‐led network to address the key challenges of implementing ecologically sensitive forest practices;
– Create a large‐scale pilot of approximately 192 harvests and 80 timber stand improvement treatments province-wide, to quantify and promote the benefits of innovation in forest management through the adoption of ecological forestry; and
– Extend the reach of ecological forestry on family forestlands through integrated solutions and strategic partnerships.
