| Province makes progress on ecological forestry (Article from the Ecology Action Center) |
Last Friday, the Nova Scotia government released a press release indicating some much welcome progress on implementing the long overdue Lahey Report on forestry practices. William Lahey authored the original report containing his recommendations for updating provincial forestry practices in 2018, and then issued a follow-up this past November calling out the lack of progress that had been made on implementing them. Now, the Province says the majority of practices in their updated forest practices guide will be implemented by June 1 of this year. EAC senior wilderness coordinator Ray Plourde responds, saying he was happy to see the government set the June 1 deadline, but also noting that a more integrated approach to Crown land management is still needed. |