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Nova Scotia L&F Minister Rankin: “clearcut is just a layman term” 14Mar2019
And Mr. Rankin, what exactly is wrong with language for the laypeople? From Lands And Forestry Reverses Some Changes To Harvest Plan Map Viewer Brittany Wentzell for www.ckbw.ca, Mar 12, 2019: …Some also criticized the removal of the term clearcut … Continue reading
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Variable Retention
Concurrent with the Government’s response to the Independent Review, L&F released a document “Interim Retention Guide” The Interim Retention document does not use the term “Variable Retention”, and at the time it seemed that these new retention guidelines simply required … Continue reading
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Why can’t Nova Scotians be told what Crown land is slated to be cut and precisely when? 3Mar2019
From DNR › Crown Land › Crown Land in Nova Scotia: Crown lands are all or any part of the land under the administration and control of the Minister of Natural Resources. Of the 5.3 million hectares of land in Nova … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia L&F “eliminates clearcutting” – the word that is
UPDATE feb 28, 2019: L&F responds to questions On Feb 11, 2019, Shelly Hipson, one of the more active of the many Nova Scotians now keeping an eye on those elected and appointed officials who are supposed to keep an … Continue reading
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Development Class Layer
DRAFTING Jan19, 2019 … As some guide to where Old Growth is likely to occur (if anywhere at all), in Nova Scotia, one can look at the Development Class Layer in the Nova Scotia Provincial Landscape Viewer. From the Help … Continue reading
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Social Media Posts
‘This page ‘not intended to be comprehensive. Just some items I happen to catch that are worth noting. Begins on Jan 16, 2019, most recent ones at top. Most are on Public Facebook Group pages, &’may require Facebook sign-in to … Continue reading
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Has a conversation about forestry in Nova Scotia that is needed but difficult and awkward begun?
I am wondering if L&F’s next hire will be an expert in Social Media I have commented recently on L&F Minister Rankin’s participation in Social Media discussion about forestry and lauded that participation. He left quite abruptly when something irked … Continue reading
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news!!! letter from Iain Rankin about the Corbett-Dalhousie Lake forest!! Jan 11, 2019
The following are verbatim from Bev Wigney, moderator of the Annapolis Royal & Area – Environment & Ecology public Facebook Page; item posted on that site at about noon today (Fri Jan 11, 2019) NEWS!!! NEWS!!! NEWS!!! JUST RECEIVED THE … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Healthy Forest Coalition: The Story of the Corbett Lake Affair and the Erosion of Trust in the Public Process
“Overall this is another example of mismanagement of our natural resources by the Department of Lands and Forestry particularly in the context of the Lahey report which calls for major forestry reform and reform of LAF procedures and policy” From Healthy … 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
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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