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Recent Posts
- “Camp NOW” set up to protest failure to protect wilderness areas in Nova Scotia 4Dec2025
- Citizen-proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area (Nova Scotia): 121 confirmed SAR, 31 stands of protected OGF 1Dec 2025
- Shoulder to Shoulder – NN 16Nov2025
- A few pics from Shoulder to Shoulder: We are All Treaty People Rally 15Nov2025
- Nova Scotia DNR announces a short cut in public review of forest harvest plans 6Nov2025
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Monthly Archives: April 2025
What is Lichen Camp 2025? 24 Apr2025
Nina Newington Lichen Camp is a research camp dedicated to educating the public and the government about biodiversity and the importance of protecting it. The camp is run by a loose collection of people working to protect the proposed Goldsmith … Continue reading
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What is getting in the way of protecting 20% of Nova Scotia’s lands and waters? 16Apr2025
By Nina Newington* Shortly after coming to power in 2021, Tim Houston’s government tabled the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act (EGCCRA). To their credit, it incorporated one of the election pledges the PCs ran on: to protect 20% … Continue reading
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Stories Maps Tell III: Where the Bowater map got it wrong and a new map to enjoy 10Apr2025
By Nina Newington At right: At right: This old Yellow Birch in the Goldsmith Lake area was revealed by our coring to be well over 300 years of age. It is located in an area that the Bowater map shows … Continue reading
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