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Cutting begins in Digby forest where Mi'kmaw chiefs asked for logging pause

A section of forest in Nova Scotia's Digby County that was the site of a blockade last fall has been clear cut, despite calls from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs to halt logging in the area.

Lobster fishermen oppose plans to build land-based salmon farm in Yarmouth County

Bernie Berry and Roy White say there are many unanswered questions about an aquaculture company's proposal to build a land-based salmon farm south of Yarmouth, N.S., and they want local leaders to reject the company's application.

Protesters concerned about endangered moose ordered to take down Digby County blockades

Protesters who've been blocking logging roads in Digby County for weeks to protect what they say is endangered mainland moose habitat have been ordered by a judge to leave.

Protesters block logging road, say endangered moose at risk

Protestersblocking a logging road not far from the Tobeatic Wilderness Area in Digby County want theDepartment of Lands and Forestry to stop allowing industrial logging in the area.

Annapolis County councillors want moratorium on glyphosate spraying in their area

Opposition to herbicide spraying is growing in Annapolis County where protestors are camping out on landslated to be sprayed and municipal leaders are calling on the province to issue a moratorium on the forestry practice.

Forest fires started by 'machine tracks' prompt calls for temporary ban on logging

Two fires that burned more than a hundredhectares of forest in King County, N.S., last month were started by machineryin the woods, Nova Scotia Environment said.

Old-growth trees cut down to build Highway 103 access road, says group

A group that's trying to protect an area of wilderness about 40 kilometres west of Halifax is angry that the province is allowing a road to be built directly through what they say is old-growth forest.
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From high overhead, a sobering look at a moose population in deep trouble

Aerial survey results obtained by CBC show the endangered mainland moose is in steep decline in Nova Scotia.

Cutting down trees in old hardwood forest 'scandalous'

Naturalists are pushing back against a plan for a forestry consortium to cut down trees in one of Nova Scotias oldest forests.

Shelburne County residents pan 'disrespectful' clearcut plans

Residents of a rural community in Nova Scotia's Shelburne County are upset that a 105-hectare clearcut has been approved in the area, despite a petition against it that was signed by more than 300 people.