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Recent Posts
- Glyphosate impacts on Nova Scotia Species-At-Risk & Blue-green algae 4Sep2024
- Questions about stakeholder meetings (re: Feasibility of a new paper mill in Queens Co.) and Sustainable Forest Harvest Levels in Nova Scotia 3Sep2024
- In Tiny Letters: Warnings about eating berries on forest glyphosate spray sites in Nova Scotia 2Sep2024
- 40 days and 40 nights to comment on 5-year PHP harvest plans under Nova Scotia’s Outcomes Based Forest Management 4Aug2024
- Shady Accounting and Vanishing Forests on Nova Scotia’s Crown Lands 14Jul2024
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Monthly Archives: June 2024
On our Wabanaki Forest 21Jun2024
On June 21, 2024, we in the northern hemisphere celebrate the summer solstice, as our ancestors have done since prehistoric times. Since June 21, 2017, the day is also known as Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day: In cooperation with Indigenous … Continue reading
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Fourteen students completed the first official tree marking course in Nova Scotia 20Jun2024
Guest Post by Minga O’Brien Tree marking is an integral step in partial harvesting systems geared towards managing for quality timber products, and healthy forest habitats. From June 4-7, 2024, it was my pleasure to be an instructor for a … Continue reading
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Feedback sought on Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s Regional Risk Assessment for sourcing biomass from Nova Scotia’s harvestable forest land base 16Jun2024
UPDATE: Received from Brenda Hopkin Jul 27, 2024 in response to an inquiry, re: when can we expect to be notified: “We are in the final stages of finishing the RRA. We are aiming for the middle of August & … Continue reading
Posted in Certification systems, Conservation, Forest Biomass, Low Grade Wood, Sustainable Wood Harvests
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On the Northern Pulp Agreement with the Nova Scotia Government 9Jun2024
Guest Post by Helga Guderley The last thing that we need is a secretive multinational corporation milking provincial subsidies while taking the last of our standing forests. On May 23, 2024 we learned that the government reached a tentative agreement … Continue reading
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Hello world!
Welcome to Nova Scotia Forest Matters. We are just setting up. We will officially launch/publicize the website when we have some significant content and posts, perhaps circa June 20. In the meantime, the content and layout is in Draft … Continue reading
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