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Feb 2, 2025:
Stories Maps Tell 1: Just not true?
Nina Newington

Jan 15, 2025:
More on Nova Scotia DNR’s Zombie Forest Harvest Plans
Nina Newington

Jan 10, 2025:
Are magnificent stands of old-growth forest on Crown lands a State Secret in Nova Scotia?
Nina Newington

Jan 4, 2025:
Corbett-Dalhousie Lake Peninsula Old Forest revisited
Nina Newington

Dec 9, 2024:
NSWOOA providing “Live, in-the-woods demo of new ecological forestry equipment” Dec 13, 2024

Dec 8, 2024
Harvesting in citizen-proposed Nova Scotia Protected Area continued…Chain Lakes Wilderness Area 8Dec2024

Dec 8, 2024
Protecting a Special Place – The Chain Lakes Wilderness Area 8Dec2024
By Alan Warner

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
– Hello world!