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

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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

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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

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