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 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.
UPDATE Nov 1, 2024: “Approximately 100 people attended a meeting where the BNS presented the proposal for the Chain Lakes Wilderness Area in Lake Paul this past Monday eve. Chris Palmer, the MLA for the area also attended. There was lots of positive, engaged discussion with two key points: forestry cutting needs to stop in the proposed protected area immediately and existing off road vehicle trails must be maintained when the area is designated for protection.” From Blomidon Field Naturalists, Nov 1, 2024.
Related
– Chain Lake Wilderness Area (proposed)
Page on this website
– Plans for harvesting within the proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (IRWA) continue
Reproduced from a post by the Protect Ingram River Wilderness Area on their Facebook page, with permission. Posted Sep 23, 2024
– Nova Scotia Goverment responds to Questions about the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level
Post on this website Oct 16, 2024. “The number that is being cited as the Sustainable Harvest Level for Nova Scotia, 5.7 million cubic meters/annum, dates from NS Government sources in 2016. It surely does not represent what’s available today, what could be sustained well into the future and what Nova Scotians wish to be available for harvesting, while allowing for other uses and values of our forested landscape.”
– Shady Accounting and Vanishing Forests on Nova Scotia’s Crown Lands 14Jul2024
Post on this website.