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Recent Posts
- On Thanksgiving 2025: In celebration of our Wabanaki/Acadian Forest 12Oct2025
- NN: “I’m a citizen scientist working to protect Nova Scotia’s forests. Tim Houston is threatening to put me in jail” 2Oct2025
- Keeping History Alive: the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia 30Sep2025
- “Mi’kmaq Establish Cultural Revitalization Camp at Hunters Mountain to Protect Sacred Land and Medicines” 16Sep2025
- Keith Egger to Premier Houston on “Meeting your 20% by 2030 obligations” 2Sep2025
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Author Archives: Admin
“Landscape Ecologist Karen Beazley a candidate for the Green Party in Nova Scotia election” 16Nov2024
At a time when “Environment” seems to have dropped off the list of priorities for most voters, the Climate and Biodiversity Crises notwithstanding, it’s encouraging to see such a high caliber candidate and champion of Nature AND People amongst our … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Landscape Level planning, Wildlife
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Healthy Forest Coalition to Nova Scotia Political Leaders: Nature Protection First not Last 8Nov2024
Just received: this message which the Healthy Forest Coalition sent to party leaders yesterday (Nov 7, 2024): NATURE PROTECTION FIRST NOT LAST The value of forests is changing. The way we treat them must change too. We are all stakeholders … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, ProtectedAreas, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Wabanaki Forest
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Sustainable Biomass Program launches public consultations on “Regional Risk Assessments” including one for Nova Scotia 7Nov2025
As a compendium of ‘what’s broadly understood about NS forests & wood supply’ (my paraphrasing), this RRA warrants careful scrutiny by Nova Scotians – especially given that the “biomass issue” was not addressed by Lahey in the 2018 Forest Practices … Continue reading
Posted in Bioeconomy, carbon, Low Grade Wood, Sustainable Wood Harvests
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Harvesting in citizen-proposed Nova Scotia Protected Area continued…Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area4Nov2024
Post by David Patriquin Citizens have 40 days and 40 nights to comment on the proposed harvest but only comments specific to the site will be answered; in the meantime it’s not clear whether the parcel in question will remain … Continue reading
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A second scientific paper by MG Betts & colleagues further documents “Forest Degradation” in Maritime Canada 31Oct2024
It’s difficult to understate the significance of this paper given the recent efforts of the E.U. to bring in regulations that limit exports and imports of forest products associated with “deforestation” and “forest degradation” while the Canadian forest industry and … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, Conservation, NS NRR, ProtectedAreas, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Triad, Wabanaki Forest
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Special Announcement – Public Meeting on the proposed Chain Lakes Wilderness Area Mon Oct 28, 2024
The province has promised to protect 20% of the land area of Nova Scotia by 2030, but government folks are evidently not taking their promise very seriously. It appears that the intent of DNRR is to cut the best of … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Forest Roads, NS NRR, ProtectedAreas, Triad, Wabanaki Forest
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