Nova Scotia Forest Matters

“Camp NOW occupies the exact same spot as this year’s Lichen Camp”. Photo from the Lichen Camp,

UPDATE: What do forest protections look like now? CBC Information Morning with Portia Clark, Fri Dec 6, 2025. “The flagging tape that signals future logging is up in the proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area. Portia talks with a forest ecologist who says it’s more important than ever to save this rich ecosystem.” Interviews with Nina Newington (on site at Camp NOW) and forest ecologist Donna Crossland. View NSFM’s Rough Transcript.

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Media Release
From Save Our Old Forests, Dec 4, 2025
For Immediate Release
Images inserted by NSFM

Camp NOW protests failure to protect wilderness areas

Camp N.O.W. – Need Our Wilderness – was set up on November 30th on Crown land in the proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area in Annapolis County by Save Our Old Forests’ president Nina Newington and others who have been working to get the area permanently protected since 2022. Camp NOW is protesting the government’s failure to protect the Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area or any other new Wilderness Areas on public lands. Progress towards protecting 20% of Nova Scotia’s lands and waters by 2030 has been miniscule, less than half a percent since the commitment was included in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act in 2021. Instead, DNR is approving logging in citizen-proposed Wilderness Areas including Goldsmith Lake, Beals Brook, Ingram River and Chain Lakes. Continue reading →