The Nova Scotia government is planning for tree plantations

The plan calls for "high-production forestry zones" on 882,000 acres of crown land where white, red, and Norway Spruce will be doused with pesticides and fed with fertilizers.

March 11, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

Friday the 13th is the deadline for public comment on the province’s discussion paper on high-production forestry zones, as recommended by Professor Bill Lahey in August 2018. The high-production zone is part of a three-pronged or “triad” approach which is supposed to reduce clearcutting on crown Land and manage forests in a more ecologically sustainable…

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Jennifer Henderson is a freelance journalist and retired CBC News reporter. email: [email protected]

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