Sep 16, 2025:
“Mi’kmaq Establish Cultural Revitalization Camp at Hunters Mountain to Protect Sacred Land and Medicines”
News Release from unamakimedicinecamp
Sep 2, 2025
– Keith Egger to Premier Houston on “Meeting your 20% by 2030 obligations”
by Keith Egger
Aug 11, 2025
– Citizen Scientists of SW Nova Scotia ask DNR Minister to put a hold on new forest harvest decisions pending end of the Woods Ban
Nina Newington/Citizen Scientists of SW Nova Scotia
July 15, 2025
– Areas within Proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area in Nova Scotia now targeted for perpetual clearcutting
Forest Alert by Healthy Forest Coalition News Release
June 20, 2025:
– A Letter Worth Reading Part 3: Nova Scotia Gov. correction – Goldsmith Lake is NOT under consideration as a Wilderness Area
Nina Newington
June 16, 2025:
– The “Good News” for Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area now denied by Nova Scotia Gov. 16Jun2025
David Patriquin
June 6, 2025
– For the Birds, a little good news
Nina Newington
May 15, 2025:
– A Letter Worth Reading, Part 2: Of goshawks and safeguards in Nova Scotia 15May2025
Nina Newington
May 11, 2025:
– A Letter worth reading: Part 1: News (good and bad) for the citizen-proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area in Nova Scotia and beyond
Nina Newington
May 5, 2025:
_ “Intelligent Meandering” in the citizen-proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area of Nova Scotia
Lisa Proulx
Apr 16, 2025:
– What is getting in the way of protecting 20% of Nova Scotia’s lands and waters?
Nina Newington
Apr 10, 2025:
– Stories Maps Tell III: Where the Bowater map got it wrong and a new map to enjoy
Nina Newington
Mar 7, 2025:
– Geoff Hurley on “A Balanced Path” for Nova Scotia
Guest Post by Geoff Hurley
Feb 28, 2025:
– In the News on Nova Scotia Forest Matters: NS Democracy Issues
David Patriquin
Feb 14, 2025:
– Stories Maps Tell II: Where the Bowater map gets it right
Nina Newington
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!