URGENT: clearcutting public forum notice

Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:57:58 -0400
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URGENT!  please circulate widely
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>Let's talk about Clearcutting in Nova Scotia.
>
>upcoming events:
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>May 10:  Focus on Clearcutting in Nova Scotia public forum
>May 14:  Picnic in a Clearcut
>
>May 7 - May 13, 2000, is National Forestry Week in Canada.One forestry topic
>that has generated considerable debate, emotion, and discussion in recent
>years is clearcutting.  As roughly 98.9% of forestry in Nova Scotia is done by
>clearcutting, the practice has widespread effects on the landscape and the
>economy.  Proposed government forestry initiatives do not aim to curtail the
>practice.
>
>Focus on Clearcutting Public Forum
>
>Come participate in a full day Public Forum on Clearcutting in Wednesday,
>May 10, 2000 at the DalTech (TUNS) Architecture Building on the corner of
>Spring Garden Rd. and Queen St. in Halifax.  Drop by or stay all day.
>
>Daytime sessions:  Three series of presentations on various aspects of
>clearcutting are planned throughout the day.  In each session four to five
>speakers give short presentations (10 minutes), followed by questions from
>the floor.
>
>The sessions for May 10 are as follows:
>
>9:30am - 11:30am:  Clearcut economics: the costs/benefits of
>clearcutting 12:00 - 2:00pm:  Clearcutting exposed: a visual tour
>2:30 -  4:30pm:  Beyond clearcutting: re-valuing our forests
>
>At 7:00pm we will be hosting an evening panel discussion on the question:
>ìIs it time to stop Clearcutting in Nova Scotia?
>
>Panelists will include:
>
>Ron Colman, GPI Atlantic
>Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada
>Wade Prest, Forestex Ltd.
>Peter Duinker, SRES at Dalhousie
>
>Other event: Picnic in a Clearcut
>
>This event will be held on a giant clearcut in Liscomb Game Sanctuary on May
>14, 2000.  Phone Pam Langille at (902) 827-5194 for more information.
>
>These events are being organized by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network
>Forests Caucus.  Thanks to Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Fund for
>their support.
>
>*******************************************************
>Kermit deGooyer
>Halifax, NS
>(902) 492-4340
>
>PS - Last Call for Wilderness on Nova Scotia's Public Lands!
>http://www.publicland.ca
>
>
>
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nspirg
nova scotia public interest research group
6136 university ave
halifax, ns
b3h 4j2
902-494-6662
nspirg@is2.dal.ca
executive director : linda pannozzo


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