People for Ecological Forestry in Southwest Nova Scotia Archives

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Gretchen Fitzgerald: Cut, cut, cut – On clearcutting and the Migratory Birds Convention Act

August 2, 2019 1 Comment

“Cut … cut … cut,” Carmen Williams says quietly as we drive slowly along a side road in Nova Scotia, indicating the area of almost 400 acres of public land outside of Lockeport, Nova Scotia currently slated for clearcut. Sierra Club Gretchen Fizgerald reflects on a recent birding trip in Southwestern Nova Scotia and the effects of clearcutting on tiny migratory birds and their fledglings.

Media release: Shelburne County, Nova Scotia clearcut would violate Migratory Bird Convention Act

July 23, 2019

Media release: A survey of birds in a forest on public land in Southwest Nova Scotia, slated to be clearcut found 31 species, 25 of which are migratory species protected under the Migratory Bird Convention Act. Birds identified included warblers, vireos, thrushes and finches.