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Category Archives: Forestry in Nova Scotia
Forest fires rage in Nova Scotia, Premier bans forest activities, but not those of forestry 1Jun2023
In Nova Scotia, forestry operations are not required to pause during nesting season, or even to reduce the risk of igniting a fire during the worst fire season ever. ——– UPDATE June 4, 2023: A significant rain break beginning late … 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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Some Ecological Landscape Analysis & Other Updates from Nova Scotia Natural Resources & Renewables 24Apr2023
A new interactive map – the Ecological Landscape Analysis Report Finder – conveys a lot of useful information. An updated Forest Development Stage Layer on the Provincial Landscape Viewer appeared to introduce some significant errors for a site I have … 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 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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