Nova Scotia Archives - Friends of Nature Conservation Society https://friends-of-nature.ca/tag/nova-scotia/ Dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for people and their plant & animal friends. Sat, 02 May 2015 22:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://friends-of-nature.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FON-Icon-160x160.png Nova Scotia Archives - Friends of Nature Conservation Society https://friends-of-nature.ca/tag/nova-scotia/ 32 32 What Ever Became of Buy Back the Mersey? Nova Scotia Forestry https://friends-of-nature.ca/what-ever-became-of-buy-back-the-mersey-nova-scotia-forestry/ Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:07:17 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=291 We are passing on this important message from Buy Back the Mersey team. The media have been all over the the management issues in Nova Scotia’s forests. If you haven’t caught the radio or TV coverage, perhaps you’ve seen the following: http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1235498-nova-scotia-clearcut-undermines-conservation-commitment http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1237705-surette-natural-resources-torn-between-conservation-and-clearcutting-must-be-split-u http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1241150-forestry-in-ns-largely-lawless NOTICE OF URGENT PUBLIC MEETING “What Ever Became of Buy Back...

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]]> The End of the Mersey Hatchery: Sad News for Endangered Atlantic Whitefish and Atlantic Salmon https://friends-of-nature.ca/end-mersey-hatchery-sad-news-endangered-atlantic-white-fish-atlantic-salmon/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:34:20 +0000 http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/?p=239 We are sad to see the closure of the Mersey Hatchery near Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia, which had such great potential in the restoration of Atlantic salmon. Back in May 2013, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) removed all fish and equipment and materials from the facility. According to the DFO, the “Inner...

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