Category Archives: Species At Risk

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

Write the Citizen Scientists: Aug 8, 2025 To: Honourable Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Topic: Stop the clock on all harvest approvals Dear Minister Rushton, Please pause all harvest approvals on crown land until the woods are … Continue reading

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Stories Maps Tell II: Where the Bowater map gets it right 14Feb2025

At issue in this ongoing series by Nina Newington is whether 3900 hectares of Crown land around Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County should be protected, as citizen scientists propose, or whether it should remain available for forestry and other industrial … Continue reading

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More on Nova Scotia DNR’s Zombie Forest Harvest Plans 15Jan 2025

By Nina Newington* *First posted on Friends of Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area on Jan 12, 2025 I thought I’d expand on the zombie harvest plan news included in the Information Morning interview that aired on January 9th. The maps accompanying … Continue reading

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Harvesting in citizen-proposed Nova Scotia Protected Area continued…Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area 26Nov2024

UPDATE Dec 8, 2024: Comments on this harvest planned for the Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area should be submitted before 8 a.m. on Dec 14, 2024 See Comment deadline for Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area harvest plan ————— From a post by … Continue reading

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Lichen Camp at Goldsmith Lake, Nova Scotia, Celebrates and Packs Up 1Oct2024

By Nina Newington, Citizen Scientist and Lichen Camp Coordinator and Lisa Proulx – Citizen Scientist Nina Newington On Saturday September 28th, after 210 days camping on a logging road in Annapolis County, Citizen Scientists and our many allies came together … Continue reading

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Glyphosate impacts on Nova Scotia Species-At-Risk & Blue-green algae 4Sep2024

Adapted from posts by Adam Malcolm on Nova Scotia Species at Risk (public Facebook Page), with permission. Wrote Adam on Sep 2, 2024: In late 2021 the US Environmental Protection Agency released its final Biological Evaluation assessing risks to threatened … Continue reading

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