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- What’s it take to convince Nova Scotia DNRR to give interim protection to an area with 33 occurrences of SAR Old Growth Forest Indicators? 15Mar2024
- BDO Zone Initiative issues an “A-rating” for Southwest Nova Scotia as a location to develop “Bioeconomy Projects” 4Feb2024
- Could Nova Scotia-produced Mass Timber reduce our housing shortage AND save our Old Forests? 7Jan2024
- Would “thinning areas where harvesting isn’t allowed” as advocated by Forest Nova Scotia reduce wildfire risk? 23Nov2023
- Nova Scotia NRR seeking Program Admin Officer 4 (Resource Forester) 17Nov2023.
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3Apr2023 COW-supply
Extracts from NS Legislature, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON SUPPLY, APRIL 3, 2023 The extracts are of sections that pertain primarily to the implementation of the TRIAD. ————– Resolution E15 – Resolved that a sum not exceeding $142,579,000 be granted … Continue reading
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NS Docs
New page, created Nov 9, 2023. To cite NS Gov Docs most pertinent to implementation of the TRIAD (drafting) Collaborative Protected Areas Strategy NS Government, Dec 2023. “Currently, 13.45 per cent of Nova Scotia is protected or conserved. O… We … Continue reading
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The pages and subpages on Moose: MOOSE – Cape Breton Moose – Mainland Moose Chebucto Moose More… (THIS PAGE) Extracts from NatureNS Literature More on the Chebucto Moose In the 2000s, minimum numbers cited from several surveys of moose on … Continue reading
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Chebucto Moose
The pages and subpages on Moose: MOOSE – Cape Breton Moose – Mainland Moose Chebucto Moose (THIS PAGE) More… Extracts from NatureNS Literature View the Moose page for info. about moose in NS more generally, and about the Mainland Moose … Continue reading
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More updates from Nova Scotia NRR including Triad info. on Harvest Plan Map Viewer 27Apr2023
Received from Forestry Maps today: The Harvest Plans Map Viewer is receiving an update to its legend that aligns with the Department’s continued work towards the implementation of Ecological Forestry on Crown lands. The updated legend, shown below, has two … Continue reading
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Why was the Port Hawkesbury Paper FULA not preceded by an EA or equivalent process?11Feb2023
Application of EA or EA type of process to FULAs (Forest Utilization License Agreement) was seen by Prof Lahey as a critical “to bring transparency and accountability to the [planning] process and to mitigate the concerns about how DNR internally … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Government: ‘Triad forestry model is complete’ but Landscape-level Biodiversity plan and EA component are still lacking 18Jan2023
The current government deserves credit for moving faster than its predecessor to “implement the Lahey recommendations”. However in regard to Lahey’s directive that protecting ecosystems take priority over all else, the jury is still out. From Natural Resources and Renewables … Continue reading
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Nova Scotia Forestry Economic Task Force wants feedback on opportunites, obstacles…7Oct2022
The Online Survey is open until Oct 25, 2022. I did the survey & felt it is well designed and worthwhile doing – if they actually follow up on it. I encourage the Forestry Economic Task Force to publish a … Continue reading
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What’s left to do to implement the Forest Triad in Nova Scotia by 2023? Plenty 13Jul2022
The recommendation to implement a “Forest Triad” in NS was a central recommendation of the Forest Practices Review (aka the Lahey report, The Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia) tabled on Aug 21, 2018. Under the Liberals (2013-2021) … Continue reading
Timeline
Needs Updating: last updates Aug 4, 2022 The current* NS Government’s Commitment (clause 10 in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act, As Passed on Nov 5, 2021, bolding inserted): *A PC Government was elected with a majority on … Continue reading
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