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- ‘Terminating versicolor/nstriad 5Jun2024
- 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
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Author Archives: David Patriquin
Nova Scotia NRR looking for “Director of Resource Stewardship” 27May2023
Evidently, it’s a fairly senior position. Some extracts from indeed.com advert: Department: Natural Resources & Renewables Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: Exclusion – Non Union – NSPG Closing Date: 6/9/2023 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
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Nova Scotia Environment & Climate Change looking for HWA-OGF Coordinator 9May2023
Extracts from the Advert on ca.indeed.com Competition # : 39024 Department: Environment and Climate Change Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Term Union Status: NSGEU – NSPG Closing Date: 5/17/2023 Salary Range: $2,074.62 – $3,215.50 Bi-Weekly
Posted in Conservation, HWA, Pests & Diseases
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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
Posted in Conservation, Ecological Forestry, Forestry in Nova Scotia
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Soils, Restoring Forests on Abandoned Farmland, Invasive Plants, Agroforestry, & the Forest Triad in SW Nova Scotia 15Apr2023
Soils, Restoring Forests on Abandoned Farmland, Invasive Plants, Agroforestry, & the Forest Triad are amongst a range of topics covered in the latest issue of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Newsletter. I think most of us are aware that SW … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Ecological Forestry, Wabanaki Forest
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Nina Newington on Citizen Science and the hold on harvesting at Goldsmith Lake 10Mar2023
Nina Newington, writing on Extinction Rebellion Mi’kma’ki / Nova Scotia (public FB group), Mar 9, 2023: “Citizen scientists working to protect the forest around Goldsmith Lake got some good news last week and some excellent media coverage this week: thanks … 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
Posted in Conservation, Forestry in Nova Scotia, Triad
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“New paper out on life cycle #GHG dynamics for different scenarios of forest-based bioenergy in Nova Scotia” 21Jan 2023
“New paper out on life cycle #GHG dynamics for different scenarios of forest-based bioenergy in Nova Scotia”. So reads an announcement on Twitter on Jan 2, 2023 by James Steenberg, first author of the paper. The tweet provides a link … 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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Celebrating Winter: “Ask an Elder: What do you call the winter months in the Mi’kmaw language?” 21Dec 2022
This CBC item of a few years ago is a wonderful and “seasonally appropriate” introduction to the Mik’maq language. To delve further into this language, as a settler descendant I highly recommend The Language of this Land, Mi’kma’ki by Trudy … Continue reading
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