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Biodiverse Southwest Nova Scotia at Risk
Given the Lahey Report & Recommendations, why are we still making harvest decisions on Crown lands based on a narrow spectrum of highly specialized information that few can critique and on a process that has essentially been discredited? UPDATE Jan … Continue reading
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Good and bad of the latest Nova Scotia Crown land forest harvest announcement
From The Healthy Forest Coalition (Public Facebook group) Sep 19, 2018 ML: Check out the latest updates for the Harvest Map Viewer. Queens County is getting the largest area harvested at just over 740 ha, or 1828 acres. 399 of … Continue reading
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While we wait for the government response to the Independent Review, clearcuts on Nova Scotia Crown lands continue unabated
Image at right: As expressed on Woods and Waters Nova Scotia. Here is the Message I received as a subscriber to updates on the Harvest Plan Map Viewer:
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New Ecological Land Classification doc released by Nova Scotia DNR
Fortunately, one doesn’t really have to understand all of the nuances of hierarchical landscape classification or of the debates about natural disturbance regimes to appreciate most of this work as a guide to the landscapes of Nova Scotia. An article … Continue reading
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Editorials and letters about forestry in the area of Loon Lake, Nova Scotia continued…23 Mar 2018
In the Chronicle Herald today, Nina Newington of Mount Hanley expresses frustration over wood from old growth stands in the Loon lake area being sent to the biomass burner at Port Hawkesbury. Her op-ed begins: Let’s get this straight. Official … Continue reading
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Loon Lake area harvests: DNR seeks shelter in its Old Forest Policy
The Old Forest policy does not adequately protect Old Forest This is a lengthy post, so I am providing a clickable Table of Contents. In this post: Background The location of the “Danny George Site” DNR on Information Morning DNR on … Continue reading
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Ho Hum, more cutting near Nature Reserve in SW Nova Scotia
It happens so often, it’s hardly breaking news, but it is worth noting. The latest DNR notification (Feb 23, 2018) of newly proposed Crown land harvests are for clearcuts on 457 ha, partial cuts on 39 ha distributed over 4 … Continue reading
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“it is very poor land, very poor quality wood, its best function would be to just leave it alone”
So said an observer about Crown Land cut QU068046: A few days ago I sent an e-mail…regarding a clear cut section of the above cut number… I previously had a discussion with them that when this cut takes place to … Continue reading
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Loon Lake clearcuts continue, illustrate lack of landscape level planning
The conflict over clearcutting in Nova Scotia could hardly be presented more graphically than in the poster above, which I just received. In May I posted an item about proposed clearcuts near the Loon Lake Nature Reserve in Guysborough Co. … Continue reading
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Editorials and letters about forestry in Nova Scotia continued late 2017: responses to Saunders and a New Year’s wish
My wish for the New Year: the Independent Review surprises me, and comes out with strong recommendations to protect our remaining older forests, allowing only selective cutting (if any); then the Premier and his government surprise us all by accepting … Continue reading
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