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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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Author Archives: David Patriquin
A Reminder: Comments on RRA-NS are due by Friday Dec 6, 2024
The Sustainable Biomass Program launched its public consultations on “Regional Risk Assessments” including one for Nova Scotia on Nov 6, 2024 with responses to their Draft Document due by this Friday, Dec 6, 2024. In a post on Nov 7, … Continue reading
Posted in Bioeconomy, Certification systems, Conservation, Forest Biomass, Low Grade Wood
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Open letter to Nova Scotia Premier Houston requesting cessation of logging in areas that are prime candidates for protection 17Oct2024
The letter from The Save our Old Forest Association (SOOF) with 17 co-sponsors requests cessation of logging in areas that are prime candidates for protection by 2030. View Original Letter View expanded version with photos & links below:
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Conservation, ProtectedAreas, Wabanaki Forest
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Nova Scotia Government responds to Questions about the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level 16oct2024
The number that is being cited as the Sustainable Harvest Level for Nova Scotia, 5.7 million cubic meters/annum, dates from NS Government sources in 2016. It surely does not represent what’s available today, what could be sustained well into the … Continue reading
Posted in NS NRR, ProtectedAreas, Soil & Aquatic Acidifcation, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Triad
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Lichen Camp at Goldsmith Lake, Nova Scotia, Celebrates and Packs Up 1Oct2024
By Nina Newington, Citizen Scientist and Lichen Camp Coordinator and Lisa Proulx – Citizen Scientist Nina Newington On Saturday September 28th, after 210 days camping on a logging road in Annapolis County, Citizen Scientists and our many allies came together … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Conservation, ProtectedAreas, Species At Risk, Wabanaki Forest
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Plans for harvesting within the proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (IRWA) continue 23Sep2024
Many Nova Scotians are feeling a lot of frustration about the slow movement of the NS Government on its otherwise commendable commitment to “20% Protection by 2030”. A Case in point: the folks seeking protection for the proposed Ingram River … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, ProtectedAreas
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Anglers’ group tests New Brunswick rivers for glyphosate 21Sep2024
The Hammond River Angling Association (HRAA) is a non-profit environmental organization, whose mandate is “to protect and preserve the Hammond River watershed through education, conservation, and community interaction.”. The Hammond River is “a valuable tributary of the Wolastoq-Saint John River.” … Continue reading
Posted in Aquatic systems, Citizen Sceince, Conservation, Glyphosate, Watersheds
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Thoughts from Lichen Camp on Day 191: “Nature will mend the torn fabric of life” 17Sep2024
By Nina Newington, On Friends of Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area (Public Facebook Group) Sep 12, 2024 The forest right around our camp is not old forest. It is 50 to 60 years old and as close to a softwood monoculture … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Wabanaki Forest
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From whence came the figure of “5.7 million cubic meters/yr” as the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level for Nova Scotia? 17Sep2024
Update Oct 6, 2024: My questions have landed back at Communications NS; latest word (Sep 24): they are “working on it”. ———————————————– There seems to be some reticence by the Nova Scotia Government and the NS Forestry Economic Task Force … Continue reading
Dreams of producing biofuel from Nova Scotia forests just got very big 14Sep2024
Post and related pages by David Patriquin Dreams of a Biorefinery in Nova Scotia and related concepts (Bioplastics, Biofuel, and Bioeconomy…) go back to 2012, the closure of the Bowater-Mersey Mill, and to the birth and eventual passing of “Cellufuel”, … Continue reading
Posted in Bioeconomy, Forest Biomass, NS NRR
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Glyphosate impacts on Nova Scotia Species-At-Risk & Blue-green algae 4Sep2024
Adapted from posts by Adam Malcolm on Nova Scotia Species at Risk (public Facebook Page), with permission. Wrote Adam on Sep 2, 2024: In late 2021 the US Environmental Protection Agency released its final Biological Evaluation assessing risks to threatened … Continue reading
Posted in Aquatic systems, Glyphosate, Species At Risk
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