DRAFTING
– Land & Sea: The uncertain future of Maritime forests (Video)
CBC Nov 16, 2025, 22 min
“In the Maritimes, the majority of forested land is in private hands, often as small woodlots are passed down through generations. Those forests have sustained families and communities for centuries but many aging woodlot owners face an uncertain future. Now, some are offering a new way to safeguard those forests by harnessing their ability to store carbon.”
The video provides a good intro. to the complex topic of forest carbon credits (carbon offsets and the like) and to some related forest ecology – notably how tree species composition and “Assisted Migration*” affect carbon sequestration, all with specific reference to the Wabanaki/Acadian Forest and to Nova Scotia woodlots.
*Not named as such in the video, but a commonly used term to describe…
The video features interviews by Tom Murphy of CBC with…
– Dale Prest who is ” about the 8th generation in my family to work in the forestry sector”. Dale has been a long standing proponent of managing our forests to increase carbon storage and founded the the company Growing Forests to put it all into practice.
Dale comments on the significance of approx 30,000 small private wood lot owners in Nova Scotia, noting that they own approx 50% of the forested land in NS*…
1: Nova Scotia Total Land Area, 2: Total Forested Land Area and 3-9: Forested Land Area by Ownership. Notes [1] SOF: NS State of the Forest Report 2016 [2] HPF Final Rep: High Production Forestry in Nova Scotia Phase 1 Final Report (July 2021)
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