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Dec 4, 2024:
A Reminder: Comments on RRA-NS are due by Friday Dec 6, 2024
David Patriquin

Nov 26, 2024:
Proposed harvests within the boundaries of citizen-proposed Protected Wilderness Areas in Nova Scotia, continued… 26Nov2024
From a post by Lisa Proulx on Friends of Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area (Public Facebook Page).

Nov 21, 2024:
Responses of Nova Scotia Liberals, NDP and PCs to “Nature Protection First Not Last”

Nov 20, 2024:
–  CBC InfoAM interviews on Logging in Citizen-Proposed Protected Areas #1: the “Activists” 20Nov2024

Nov 16, 2024:
“Landscape Ecologist Karen Beazley a candidate for the Green Party in Nova Scotia election”
David Patriquin

Nov 7, 2024:
Sustainable Biomass Program launches public consultations on “Regional Risk Assessments” including one for Nova Scotia
David Patriquin

Nov 4, 2024:
Harvesting in citizen-proposed Nova Scotia Protected Area continued…
David Patriquin

Oct 31, 2024:
A second scientific paper by MG Betts & colleagues further documents “Forest Degradation” in Maritime Canada
Press release by MG Betts, comments by David Patriqun

Oct 28, 2024:
Special Announcement – Public Meeting on the proposed Chain Lakes Wilderness Area Mon Oct 28, 2024

Oct 20, 2024:
Open letter to Nova Scotia Premier Houston requesting cessation of logging in areas that are prime candidates for protection 17Oct2024
By SOOF

Oct 16, 2024:
Nova Scotia Goverment responds to Questions about the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level
David Patriquin

Oct 1, 2024:
Lichen Camp at Goldsmith Lake, Nova Scotia, Celebrates and Packs Up 
Nina Newington & Lisa Proulx

Sep 23, 2024:
Plans for harvesting within the proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (IRWA) continue 
Reproduced from a post by the Protect Ingram River Wilderness Area on their Facebook page, with permission.

Sep 21, 2024:
Anglers’ group test New Brunswick rivers for glyphosate 
Reproduced from a post by Hammond River Angling Association on their Facebook page, with permission.

Sep 17, 2024:
Thoughts from Lichen Camp on Day 191: “Nature will mend the torn fabric of life” 
Nina Newington

Sep 17, 2024:
From whence came the figure of “5.7 million cubic meters/yr” as the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level for Nova Scotia? 
David Patriquin

Sep 14, 2024:
Dreams of producing biofuel from Nova Scotia forests just got very big 
David Patriquin

Sep 4, 2024:
Glyphosate impacts on Nova Scotia Species-At-Risk & Blue-green algae 
Adapted from posts by Adam Malcolm on Nova Scotia Species at Risk (public Facebook Page), with permission.

Sep 3, 2024:
Questions about stakeholder meetings (re: Feasibility of a new paper mill in Queens Co.) and Sustainable Forest Harvest Levels in Nova Scotia
David Patriquin

Sep 2, 2024:
In Tiny Letters: Warnings about eating berries on forest glyphosate spray sites in Nova Scotia
Admin citing a FB post by Nina Newington, comments by readers.

Aug 4, 2024:
40 days and 40 nights to comment on 5-year PHP harvest plans under Nova Scotia’s Outcomes Based Forest Management
David Patriquin

July 14, 2024:
Shady Accounting and Vanishing Forests on Nova Scotia’s Crown Lands
Nina Newington

July 7, 2024
Lichen Camp Day 127: symbiosis is always the topic
Nina Newington

June 21, 2024:
On our Wabanaki Forest 
David Patriquin

June 20, 2024
Fourteen students completed the first official tree marking course in Nova Scotia
Guest Post by Minga O’Brien

June 16, 2024
Feedback sought on Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s Regional Risk Assessment for sourcing biomass from Nova Scotia’s harvestable forest land base 
David Patriquin

June 9, 2024
On the Northern Pulp Agreement 
Guest Post by Helga Guderley

June 4, 2024
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