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Recent Posts
- “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
- Nova Scotia DNR puts a hold on new forest harvest decisions pending end of the Woods Ban 20Aug2025
- Citizen Scientists of SW Nova Scotia ask DNR Minister to put a hold on new forest harvest decisions pending end of the Woods Ban 11Aug 2025
- Areas within Proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area in Nova Scotia now targeted for perpetual clearcutting 15Jul2025
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Category Archives: NS Gov
Keith Egger to Premier Houston on “Meeting your 20% by 2030 obligations” 2Sep2025
The post is adapted from the text of a letter written by Keith Egger addressed to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Minister of Natural Resources Tory Rushton, and to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Tim Halman; it was sent … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Landscape Level planning, NS Gov, ProtectedAreas
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The “Good News” for Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area now denied by Nova Scotia Gov. 16Jun2025
Wrote Nina Newington on May 11, 2025 in A Letter worth reading: Part 1: News (good and bad)… The Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area is now under formal evaluation for permanent protection by Environment and Climate Change, with the Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Sceince, Citizen-proposed Protected Areas, Conservation, Freedom of Information, NS DNR, NS Gov, ProtectedAreas, Wabanaki Forest
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Geoff Hurley on “A Balanced Path” for Nova Scotia 7Mar2025
In a Commentary published in the Chronicle Herald on Mar 4, 2025, Geoff Hurley offers specific, practical recommendations for ensuring long-term well-being of Nova Scotians and our natural environment while moving ahead with more resource development in NS. Mr. Hurleys’s … Continue reading
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In the News on Nova Scotia Forest Matters: NS Democracy Issues 28Feb2025
We have a new subsection of In the News on NSFM: NS Democracy Issues BACKGROUND Lack of transparency surrounding NS Governments’ handing of forestry and of environmental issues more broadly has been a major issue for decades, and regardless of … Continue reading
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