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Irregular Shelterwood
Irregular Shelterwood silviculture figures prominently in the Independent Review as practices that should be adopted in NS. This emphasis reflects strongly the key role of Prof Bob Seymour of the University Maine in the Independent Review (also in the earlier … Continue reading
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Variable Retention on HPMV
Forestry Maps <ForestryMaps@novascotia.ca> To: Forestry Maps Jul. 18 at 4:24 p.m. The Harvest Plan Map Viewer has been updated as of July 18, 2019. Please refer to the following location: https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/hpmv/ The next update is scheduled for July 29, 2019. … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Old Growth Ground Zero
The Corbett Lake Old Hardwood Forest in Annapolis Co. is essentially Ground Zero in the struggle to save Nova Scotia’s Old Growth in 2019 View related maps at What is old Growth/OG Indicators/Nova Scotia Old Growth Ground Zero/C-D Peninsula Maps, … Continue reading
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Save Habitat & Nests
Save Habitat and Nests of Breeding Birds* CONTENTS 1. Objective 2. The problem 3. The solution 4. Method required for legal prosecution 5. Tips to finding nests and young on Crown land (i). Select a forest to survey that may … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Annapolis County Council seeks protection for Corbett-Dalhousie Lake Forest as a “Climate Forest” 27May2019
The Annapolis County Council’s letter to the Premier requesting an out from the Westfor deal played a pivotal role in the emergence of the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia which was announced by the Liberal Government just … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Lands & Forestry developing a communication plan 9May2019
UPDATE MAY 11, 2019: For a far more informative article on this topic, view Truth Be Told: Nova Scotia’s forest department hires a PR firm with forest industry ties to help it with transparency by Linda Pannozzo in the Halifax … Continue reading
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Annapolis Co. group finds fresh stump of 138 yr old tree in Corbett-Dalhousie Lakes Forest, but it’s not Old Growth says L&F 6May2019
UPDATE May 27, 2019: The 35% Question (Facebook Post) “Last Thursday, I received a reply from Forestry Maps (no human name attached to the email) answering some questions I had posed to them over the previous weeks. One answer in … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia L&F Minister Rankin comments on changes to harvest prescriptions in the South Mountain Ecodistrict 27Apr2019
It would surely help if we (the public) were routinely informed about changes to Crown land harvest plans posted on the Harvest Plan Map Viewer UPDATE Apr 30, 2019: In relation to the Corbett-Dalhousie Lakes Old Growth cited below, view … Continue reading
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A plea to cease cutting the Corbett-Dalhousie Lakes forest and similar remaining forests in Nova Scotia 26Mar2019
“I have spoken with a couple of forestry people who tell me that, in their opinion, the Corbett-Dalhousie forest is unique among what remains of our Crown land forests in Annapolis County.” Update Mar 27, 2019: View Ground Truthing – … Continue reading
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Pannozzo on why big Nova Scotia sawmills’ are so supportive of pulp&paper/clearcutting 17Mar2019
In a superb piece of investigative journalism, Linda Pannozzo has answered a question I have long wondered about: why are the larger sawmills in NS so supportive of Industrial Forestry/clearcutting when it seems clear that in the longer run those … Continue reading
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