Last fall, the province released the 11 years-overdue Recovery Plan for the Ram’s Head Lady Slipper in Nova Scotia. Here’s a summary of the report and what you need to know about this Species At Risk going forward. by NatureNS Executive Director, Becky Parker A Rare Orchid vs the Nova Scotia Government The Ram’s Head […]
by NatureNS President, Bob Bancroft A first review of [the province’s latest Silvicultural Guidelines for the Ecological Matrix lands draft] gives the impression that it is a step forward in an appropriate ecological direction. But closer examination of its decision keys, using the Forest Ecosystem Classification for Nova Scotia, reveals some serious flaws. It becomes
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In 2020, we wrote to each Nova Scotian MP to remind them how much Nova Scotia’s natural spaces, species, and systems are worth. You can see the budget priorities we outlined for Nova Scotia in a copy of that letter below. From Feb 17th-19th, we are (virtually) attending Nature On The Hill to join other
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