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Nova Scotian naturalists respond to the draft Old Growth Forest Policy

The Nova Scotia government released the draft “Old-Growth Forest Policy for Nova Scotia” in the fall of 2021, asking Nova Scotians to give their feedback on proposed updates. This new version would update the Old Forest Policy of 2012. The document was long and technical, so we provided a selection of responses from expert scientists, naturalists, and […]

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Nature Nova Scotia is joining the fight to save Owls Head Provincial Park, and we need your help!

What Happened to Owls Head? In March of 2019, the Nova Scotia government secretly removed Owls Head Provincial Park from our Parks and Protected Areas Plan in order to enter into a Letter of Offer with a private developer. On April 1st of this year, biologist Bob Bancroft and local group Eastern Shore Forest Watch

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Statement on the New Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act (“EGCCRA”)

Bill 57, the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act was tabled early this month and NatureNS Vice President Donna Crossland presented our thoughts on the matter at Law Amendments. The next day, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced that government would not be making any amendments to the bill, though the feedback

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