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Recent Posts
- A Letter worth reading: Part 1: News (good and bad) for the citizen-proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area in Nova Scotia and beyond 11 May2025
- “Intelligent Meandering” in the citizen-proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area of Nova Scotia 5May2025
- What is Lichen Camp 2025? 24 Apr2025
- What is getting in the way of protecting 20% of Nova Scotia’s lands and waters? 16Apr2025
- Stories Maps Tell III: Where the Bowater map got it wrong and a new map to enjoy 10Apr2025
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Monthly Archives: February 2025
In the News on Nova Scotia Forest Matters: NS Democracy Issues 28Feb2025
We have a new subsection of In the News on NSFM: NS Democracy Issues BACKGROUND Lack of transparency surrounding NS Governments’ handing of forestry and of environmental issues more broadly has been a major issue for decades, and regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Information, NS DNR, NS Gov
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Stories Maps Tell II: Where the Bowater map gets it right 14Feb2025
At issue in this ongoing series by Nina Newington is whether 3900 hectares of Crown land around Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County should be protected, as citizen scientists propose, or whether it should remain available for forestry and other industrial … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Conservation, Landscape Level planning, ProtectedAreas, Species At Risk
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Stories Maps Tell 1: Just not true? 2Feb2025
by Nina Newington Part I: Just not true? By Nina Newington One frigid November day in 2022, CBC came out to film citizen scientists on the South Mountain in Annapolis County. The group had identified 7 species at risk occurrences … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Conservation, Forest Roads, Landscape Level planning, ProtectedAreas, Wabanaki Forest
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