Clearcutting to be slashed!

On Dec 1, the N.S. Government released a Policy Framework for its Natural Resources Strategy which includes a directive to “reduce the proportion of wood harvested by the clear cut method to no more than 50% of all forested lands over a five-year period.” (Clearcutting has averaged over 520 km2 a year over the past decade.) Another directive: “Public funds will not be directed to herbicide spraying for forestry”. Read DNR Update