- NS DNR's Uneven-Aged Management/Category 7 Program: funding source for NS woodlot owners to carry out quality-improvement work on their woodlots.
- Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project has a wealth of information on planting native trees and shrubs, enhancing wildlife habitat, and implementing low-impact harvesting.
- Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association: Nova Scotia's oldest independent organization for woodlot owners and operators
- Acadian Forest Families: a group of FSC-certified woodland owners
- Restoring the Acadian Forest: A guide to forest stewardship for woodlot owners in the Maritimes. A resource book for woodlot owners in the Maritimes.
- Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute's Landowner Stewardship Guide
- Low Impact Forestry in Maine
- INFOR: a clearing house of information and publications for woodlot owners
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension service: practical information and publications for woodlot owners.
- Sample Contract for hiring a harvester or silviculture operator.
- PEI's Public Forest Council's Virtual Forest Learning Centre for woodlot owners. It has something for everyone interested in ecologically responsible forestry.
NS Department of Natural Resources
Nova Scotia Wildlife Habitat and Watercourses Protection Regulations
Nova Scotia’s Code of Forest Practice
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick's information on the Acadian Forest.
The World Wildlife Fund offers a comprehensive look at the Acadian forest, its diverse ecology and explains how this forest type is being threatened.
Canadian Forests is the most comprehensive website on forestry in Canada.
The Wildlands League of Ontario has comprehensive fact sheets and reports on many aspects of forestry, community economic development and diversification, clearcutting, and wilderness access.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC, Maritimes)
Atlantic Forestry Review magazine
Weeds of the Woods. 1992. Glen Blouin. Goose Lane Editions. Illustrated with numerous colour photographs, Blouin provides a wealth of information on common Acadian Forest shrubs and small trees.
The Trees in my Forest. 1997. Bernd Heinrich. HarperCollins. This is an insightful book is based on Heinrich's experiences in owning, exploring and managing a woodlot in Maine.
A Sand County Almanac. 1949. Aldo Leopold. Oxford University Press. Leopold builds a case for a land ethic while reliving early-morning bird watching, fishing and hunting trips, cutting firewood, and his efforts to restore natural diversity on this property.
Opinion Survey
Public slams clearcutting, as only 1% oppose restrictions.
Billboards Target Clearcutting
The Ecology Action Centre, Margaree Environmental Association, and the Sierra
Club of Canada erected two anti-clearcutting billboards, at the north ends of Barrington
Street and Robie Street. more here
The Old Man and the Trees
Transcript of Dr. Wilfrid Creighton
The Genuine Progress of Nova Scotia's Forests
by Sara Justine Wilson
Endangered: Nova Scotia's Old Growth Forests
by Minga O'Brien
Clearcut Death for the Atlantic Salmon
by J.W Drescher
Clearcutting ain't fire
by Faisal Moola
Pulp Psychology 101: A Profile of Don George
by Daisy Kidston
Axe to Grind
by Bruce Graves
A Matter of Time
by Wade Prest
News & Updates
December 20, 2011
December 2011
Matt Miller and Raymond Plourde
Now that the Bowater ransom has been paid to save half the jobs at the mill in Liverpool, all eyes turn towards the bankrupt Stora/NewPage mill in P
December 31, 1969
December 01, 2010
After much anticipation, Minister of Natural Resources John MacDonell released positive news today on his Department’s new forestry strategy.
“We’re very pleased to see the Minister’s and his Department’s commitment to substantially reduce clearcutting. A 50% reduction within fiv
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