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Tues Jan 10, 2023: “The Chebucto Peninsula and Moose Habitat Connectivity”

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

UPDATE Jan 10, 2023 A few items of interest from the webinar: – The main reason for excluding the Chebucto Peninusla from the CORE areas for Mainland Moose are, to paraphrase, (i) the  low number of moose, on the Chebucto … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Environment looking for planner to lead achievement of 20% Protected Areas 8Nov2022

Posted on November 6, 2022 by admin

There has been very little info and essentially no public consultation coming from the government through 2022 in regard to fully implementing the Triad system of forest management by the beginning of 2023 (re: commitment stated in item 10c in … Continue reading →

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NRR’s Peter Bush to talk about Old Growth Forest Policy Thurs. Nov 3, 2022

Posted on November 2, 2022 by admin

UPDATE Nov 3, 2022: The presentation and discussion was recorded and is available at https://fb.watch/gA2Fg2Fclo/. The discussion was limited and did not address Bev Wigney’s important question, submitted ahead of time, in brief that was: “Shouldn’t the “almost old growth … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Forestry Economic Task Force wants feedback on opportunites, obstacles…7Oct2022

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

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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Webinar on Healthy Soils – Healthy Woodlands in Nova Scotia Sep 20, 2022

Posted on September 14, 2022 by admin

UPDATE:  A video of this really excellent webinar is  posted on the MTRI Facebook Page; View Sit Back Seminar: Healthy Soils – Healthy Woodlands ————- Received from Family Forests@FamilyForestNetwork (FB Page, Environmental Conservation Organization): “Healthy soils are the foundation of … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on June 9, 2022 by admin

I am setting up this website as a more focussed successor to Nova Scotia Forest Notes, a blog/website I began on June 21, 2016 and which I will not be updating  after  June 21, 2022. more to follow… – DGP … Continue reading →

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