In the News – Announcements

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Oct 26, 2024:
Public Meeting on the proposed Chain Lakes Wilderness Area Mon Oct 28, 2024
Special Announcement: The province has promised to protect 20 % by 2030, but they are evidently not taking their promise very seriously. The apparent intent by DNRR is to cut the best of the remaining public forests before protection is fully evaluated or finalized. There are harvest proposals put forth within several proposed wilderness areas. The harvests would remove roughly half the forest each time under the guise of ecological forestry, but leave a degraded and fragmented landscape behind. Everyone is invited to a meeting to answer public questions about the proposed Chain Lakes Wilderness Area on Monday, October 28th, 7 PM at 3083 Aylesford Road, Lake Paul.

 


Ongoing
Nova Scotia RRA (Regional Risk Assessment for Sustainable Biomass Program) seeking input from stakeholders on RRA for Nova Scotia’s harvestable forest land base.
Notice received June 16, 2024 via Google Alert for “Forestry, Nova Scotia”.No date is given for its issuance or for when the comment period is to begin. There is a link to Register to provide input. UPDATE: Received from Brenda Hopkin Jul 27, 2024 in response to an inquiry, re: when can we expect to be notified: “We are in the final stages of finishing the RRA. We are aiming for the middle of August & will post the end date in the notification.” Aug 13: new notification “You should receive notification by beginning of September. We decided not to send out during the summer.


 



Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024
Climate Adaptive Forestry Field Tour
1-3pm at CFI Jungle Road Demonstration Woodlot near Oxford, NS
Presenter: Community Forests International
Join us at Community Forests’ Jungle Road Demonstration Woodlot to see the climate adaptive treatments completed this year. Explore the reasons behind a Restoration Shelterwood in an intolerant hardwood stand, and our approach to transitioning a Norway Spruce plantation.
This event is hosted jointly by Community Forests International and Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners & Operators Association…More Info & register at https://www.nswooa.ca/climateforestry.html