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Tried,
tested, and proven
by George Fullerton
Pennfield Logging is a bit of a misleading name for a machine
and fabrication shop that currently views the Charlotte County
aquaculture industry as its primary clientele. Brothers Gilles
and Pierre Levesque operate the machine shop business, which,
as often as not, has a mechanical logging harvester or other
forestry or construction equipment on the. . .
Industrial revolution
by David Lindsay
How do you distinguish the visionaries from the hucksters? Historically,
it has sometimes been hard to draw the line. So it was at World
Bioenergy 2008, held May 27-29 in Jönköping, Sweden.
The first World Bioenergy event was held in 2004 at the same
venue: the massive Elmia conference facility in this inconspicuous
city on Lake Vättern headquarters of. . .
World chaos creates local advantages
by David Palmer
A "paradigm shift," that's what historians may well
record next to the year 2008. In layman's terms, a paradigm shift
is a big change or transformation that affects our perception
of the world and the way we do things. It can be a national or
international shift, and could have dramatic effects positive
or negative on the way we live our lives today and in the
future. After oil sailed past the psychological barrier. . .
SAR marches on
Rare book would save species
Species At Risk has an interesting acronym. It reminds us of
a mysterious and deadly disease that broke out a few years ago
striking fear across Canada. But while the SARS infection ran
its course to become little more than a footnote in history,
SAR, the stuff of disappearing wildlife, marches on.
For this reason a little spiral-bound book all about Nova Scotia's
most. . .
Learning can be fun!
by David Patriquin
Thanks to everyone involved, New Brunswick's 2008 Envirothon
competition was a great success this year. Envirothon is an environmental
awareness competition that ranges throughout North America, involving
provinces and states. Every year each province and state has
its own competition to determine which teams will attend the
North American championship competition. Envirothon N.B. is a
bilingual. . .
Uneven-aged management proves popular
Outreach Project workshops well attended
Three of five workshops across Nova Scotia were "sold out"
last month as woodlot owners gathered in community halls to learn
about Category 7 uneven-aged management treatments considered
for funding by Nova Scotia's Association for Sustainable Forestry
(ASF).
The workshops, followed by woodlot tours, were organized by a
tag team representing the Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators
Association (NSWOOA) and Picea Forestry. . .
The forest beneath the trees
A look at non-timber forest products
by Sid Watts
Non-timber forest products are slowly but surely gaining some
recognition in Atlantic Canada as an opportunity to use more
than just timber from our woodland. Often referred to as NTFPs,
and occasionally as specialty forest products, they have a role
to play in supplementing income in rural Atlantic Canada.
What are NTFPs? In a nutshell, they are any product that comes
from the forest of either. . .
Promoting goods from our Atlantic woods
Representatives from the four Atlantic provinces and the state
of Maine have been working on producing a non-timber forest product
(NTFP) directory called, From Our Atlantic Woods.
NTFPs cover the less conventional products from the woods and
include fiddleheads, wild mushrooms, maple syrup products, bentwood.
. .
DEMO International 2008 takes shape
Forestry industry showcase first time east of Quebec
"What are they building, wilderness cottage lots?"
It's a reasonable guess to explain the roads and clearings deep
in the woods east of Halifax's Stanfield International Airport.
Seen from the air there would seem no better explanation.
Reasonable but wrong. In fact, the winding loop of fresh gravel
road punctuated by small openings in the mixed-wood canopy is
the site of DEMO. . .
Alternatives toward better forestry
Supporting sustainable management in New Brunswick
by George Fullerton
Industrial-scale clearcut harvesting continues to draw a negative
reaction. In addition to a number of harmful environmental consequences
associated with intensive clearcuts, society is increasingly
concerned about resource sustainability and the adverse economic
impact for rural communities.
In 2004 a group of woodlot owners in New Brunswick's northwest
launched a campaign to encourage the government to provide support
for sustainable. . .
Nova Scotians have spoken now what?
Voluntary Planning report on Natural Resources not just a numbers
game
by David Lindsay
This spring Nova Scotians had ample opportunity to speak publicly
about the future of the province's natural resources, given the
option of attending meetings held in 26 communities between May
12 and June 12. But submissions were still being accepted
by post, telephone, fax, or email until July 31.
The arm's-length provincial agency called Voluntary Planning,
tasked. . .
In peril
The degradation of Nova Scotia's Forests
"Our forest industries are in danger. . . We're overcutting,
seriously overcutting. We're clearcutting on steep hillsides
that cause erosion. . . You get a heavy rain in the spring, it's
like flushing a toilet, and then in the summer there's not enough
water, the salmon get sunburned. . . In the past 10 years, the
Crown lands have been raped, and the Crown lands should. . .
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