- Plans for Cutting Endangered Mainland Moose Habitat
This is a view of the N.S. Forest Harvest Plan Viewer for the region between two wilderness areas that have been planned by N.S. Lands and Forestry for clear cutting . The yellow outlines are the boundaries of the planned cuts. It is also where mainland Moose have been seen.
Nova Scotia Forest Harvest Plan Viewer This is an essential tool for learning what the plans are for our public forest by the N.S. Department of Lands and Forestry.
Suggestions:- Use a Aerial Photo backgroud (see 4 square upper right)
- Add Archived Plans (see layers on the left)
- Make a comment on a plan – (click on envelope on left)
Page of directions for using the N. S. Forest Harvest Plan Viewer
- Article: Bob Bancroft –Forest Plantations Defy the Science and Ignore the Economics.
Replacing productive land with a monoculture plantation is OK for fast profits but bad for land and forestry. Forestry science is being ignored. - Healthy Forest Coalition
This is a great source of information showing the problems with Nova Scotia’s current forest habitats. For a overall view of the situation we recommended the History of N.S. Forestry - Nova Scotia Forestry Review by William Lahey – 2018 (M.S. Word document)
- Investigative reporting by Linda Pannozzo in the Halifax Examiner about the destruction of Nova Scotia forests and its politics.
- Feeding the Fire: Biomass and Nova Scotia’s Race for the Bottom – 4 March 2016
- Biomass, Freedom of Information, and the Silence of the DNR Company Men – 8 April 2016
- Biomass, Freedom of Information, and the DNR Company Men, Part 2: ( An Open Letter to the FOIPOP Review Officer ) – 3 June 2016
- BIOMASS, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND THE SILENCE OF THE DNR COMPANY MEN ( PART 3: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS REPORTER GOT CALLED DOWN TO THE OFFICE ) – 21 September 2016
- FOREST TRAGEDY ( HOW THE FOREST INDUSTRY AND COMPLIANT BUREAUCRATS HIJACKED THE PUBLIC WILL ) – 12 September 2016
- MUZZLING THE FOREST KEEPERS ( A FIELD GUIDE TO BOREAL FELT LICHEN AND DNR MESSAGE CONTROL ) – 4 November 2016 [ Behind Pay Barrier ]
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