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Recent Posts
- A Reminder: Comments on RRA-NS are due by Friday Dec 6, 2024
- Proposed harvests within the boundaries of citizen-proposed Protected Wilderness Areas in Nova Scotia, continued… 26Nov2024
- Responses of Nova Scotia Liberals, NDP, PCs & Greens to “Nature Protection First Not Last” 20Nov2024
- CBC InfoAM interviews on Logging in Citizen-Proposed Protected Areas #1: the “Activists” 20Nov2024
- “Landscape Ecologist Karen Beazley a candidate for the Green Party in Nova Scotia election” 16Nov2024
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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Proposed harvests within the boundaries of citizen-proposed Protected Wilderness Areas in Nova Scotia, continued… 26Nov2024
From a post by Lisa Proulx on Friends of Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area (Public Facebook Page). “As soon as we heard about the new cut block that was posted for comment in the Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV) within the … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Conservation, Landscape Level planning, ProtectedAreas, Species At Risk, Wabanaki Forest
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Responses of Nova Scotia Liberals, NDP, PCs & Greens to “Nature Protection First Not Last” 20Nov2024
Just received (Nov 20, 2024) from the Healthy Forest Coalition: The Healthy Forest Coalition reached out to the provincial party leaders with a 7 point election statement and a question [See Post, Nov 8, 2024, for details]. It ended thus: … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, ProtectedAreas, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Wabanaki Forest
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CBC InfoAM interviews on Logging in Citizen-Proposed Protected Areas #1: the “Activists” 20Nov2024
CBC’s Carsten Knox interviewed St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association Coordinator Mike Lancaster, and Ecology Action Centre’s Wilderness Coordinator Raymond Plourde on the topic of “Protecting Wilderness Areas” for Information Morning – NS with Portia Clarke, aired on Nov 19, 2024. … Continue reading
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“Landscape Ecologist Karen Beazley a candidate for the Green Party in Nova Scotia election” 16Nov2024
At a time when “Environment” seems to have dropped off the list of priorities for most voters, the Climate and Biodiversity Crises notwithstanding, it’s encouraging to see such a high caliber candidate and champion of Nature AND People amongst our … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Landscape Level planning, Wildlife
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Healthy Forest Coalition to Nova Scotia Political Leaders: Nature Protection First not Last 8Nov2024
Just received: this message which the Healthy Forest Coalition sent to party leaders yesterday (Nov 7, 2024): NATURE PROTECTION FIRST NOT LAST The value of forests is changing. The way we treat them must change too. We are all stakeholders … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, ProtectedAreas, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Wabanaki Forest
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Sustainable Biomass Program launches public consultations on “Regional Risk Assessments” including one for Nova Scotia 7Nov2025
As a compendium of ‘what’s broadly understood about NS forests & wood supply’ (my paraphrasing), this RRA warrants careful scrutiny by Nova Scotians – especially given that the “biomass issue” was not addressed by Lahey in the 2018 Forest Practices … Continue reading
Posted in Bioeconomy, carbon, Low Grade Wood, Sustainable Wood Harvests
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Harvesting in citizen-proposed Nova Scotia Protected Area continued…4Nov2024
Post by David Patriquin Citizens have 40 days and 40 nights to comment on the proposed harvest but only comments specific to the site will be answered; in the meantime it’s not clear whether the parcel in question will remain … Continue reading
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A second scientific paper by MG Betts & colleagues further documents “Forest Degradation” in Maritime Canada 31Oct2024
It’s difficult to understate the significance of this paper given the recent efforts of the E.U. to bring in regulations that limit exports and imports of forest products associated with “deforestation” and “forest degradation” while the Canadian forest industry and … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, Conservation, NS NRR, ProtectedAreas, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Triad, Wabanaki Forest
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