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Recent Posts
- WestFor constructs road ignoring buffers for Black Ash in citizen-proposed Protected Area (Nova Scotia) 3Oct2026
- Sep 30, our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day 27Sep2026
- Language Matters 12Aug2026
- Surely our climate targets are not “too expensive” 9Jul2026
- On our Wabanaki Forest & Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day 21jun2026
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Category Archives: Wabanaki Forest
WestFor constructs road ignoring buffers for Black Ash in citizen-proposed Protected Area (Nova Scotia) 3Oct2026
Wrote Nina Newington yesterday (Oct 2, 2026): & AN UPDATE Oct 5, 2026: Nobody came at 7:30am this morning to operate the backhoe. No more roadbuilding, for today at least…See Update At 7:30 this morning a truck pulled up on … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen-proposed Protected Areas, Indigenous-led Conservation, NS DNR, ProtectedAreas, Reconciliation, Sustainable Wood Harvests, Wabanaki Forest
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Language Matters 12Aug2026
Wrote Nina Newington yesterday, Day 245 of Camp Now: The climate and nature catastrophe that is bearing down on us is the direct result of an economic system rooted in a particular idea, the idea that we humans are separate … Continue reading
Posted in Biophilia, Citizen-proposed Protected Areas, Indigenous-led Conservation, Reconciliation, Wabanaki Forest
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On our Wabanaki Forest & Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day 21jun2026
On June 21, 2026, we in the northern hemisphere celebrate the summer solstice, as our ancestors have done since prehistoric times. Since June 21, 2017, the day is also known as Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day: In cooperation with Indigenous … Continue reading
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There is a law against harming nesting birds but in Nova Scotia it falls on us, the public, to stand up for them 24May2026
Wrote Nina Newington a few days ago, on day 171 of Camp Now: “It would be inevitable that nests are destroyed” if harvesting during nesting season went ahead, Marcus Zwicker admitted on CBC‘s Information Morning on June 12, 2019. The … Continue reading
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If ever there was a time when we need eccentric bees, this is it 16May2026
Wrote Nina Newington a few days ago, on Day 165 of Camp Now: Yesterday a team of fungi researchers stopped in for tea. They’re studying post-fire fungi, had just been out to last year’s Long Lake fire site. The cup … Continue reading
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No more Hutchinson’s Maple Syrup from Nova Scotia Crown lands after this year 25Apr2026
Wrote Donna Crossland earlier today… Updates Nova Scotia’s ONLY Crown land maple syrup producer has their Crown lease abruptly discontinued after this maple season by DNR. These are public forests and unceded Mi’kmaq lands. Our government is opting for forestry … Continue reading
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Why we’re camping beside a logging road in the snow in Nova Scotia 1Jan2026
By Nina Newington Camp NOW – Day 32 Happy New Year! It’s been a month since we set up Camp NOW. Need Our Wilderness. Seems like a good moment to sum up why we’re camping beside a logging road in … Continue reading
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“Camp NOW” set up to protest failure to protect wilderness areas in Nova Scotia 4Dec2025
UPDATE: What do forest protections look like now? CBC Information Morning with Portia Clark, Fri Dec 6, 2025. “The flagging tape that signals future logging is up in the proposed Goldsmith Lake Wilderness Area. Portia talks with a forest ecologist … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen-proposed Protected Areas, Landscape Level planning, NS Gov, ProtectedAreas, Wabanaki Forest
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Shoulder to Shoulder – NN 16Nov2025
This is the text of Nina Newington’s comments to participants at the Shoulder to Shoulder, We are All Treaty People Rally yesterday: “Wela’lioq to Glenda Junta and Michelle Paul for extending the invitation to create this rally; to Elder – … Continue reading
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A few pics from Shoulder to Shoulder: We are All Treaty People Rally 15Nov2025
Received from Nina Newington while attending the rally with a group from the Annapolis Valley/SOOF: “A few photos from today, 450-500 people, good speakers, drummers, spirits…“View more
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