Province and Forestry Groups Sign Silviculture Agreement
Department of Natural Resources
November 14, 2000 12:39 PM
The Department of Natural Resources has signed an agreement with
a forestry organization to administer and carry out a
silviculture pilot project on small private woodlots throughout
Nova Scotia. The project is valued at $400,000.
The Association for Sustainable Forestry will carry out
silviculture work with funding from the department's current
private-lands silviculture budget. The project will be completed
by mid-summer 2001.
"This is an excellent opportunity to explore new ways of
delivering silviculture programs on private lands," said Ernest
Fage, Minister of Natural Resources. "The project will look at
the possibility of this association conducting even more
silviculture work in the future through the new Sustainable
Forestry Fund."
This fund is a special account established under the Forests Act
to ensure that silviculture work is carried out on private
woodlots across the province. In future, monies for the fund will
come from registered buyers who annually harvest more than 5,000
cubic metres of wood -- approximately 2,300 cords. They must
submit a wood acquisition plan to the department and conduct a
silviculture program or contribute to the Sustainable Forestry
Fund.
"This is an opportunity for everyone, including woodlot owners,
industry and government, to work co-operatively to ensure that
our forests are sustainable for the future," said Greg Shay, co-
chair of the association. "Silviculture funding and programs are
essential components of this."
The Association for Sustainable Forestry includes the Nova Scotia
Forest Products Association, the Nova Scotia Federation of
Woodland Owners, the Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre
Producers Association and the Forest Council of Western Nova
Scotia. These groups represent most industry and the larger
private landowner associations.
David Sutherland will manage the pilot project on behalf of the
association and work out of the Nova Scotia Forest Products
office in Hilden. Landowners wanting to find out more about the
project can call 902-895-1179.
FOR BROADCAST USE:
The Department of Natural Resources has signed an agreement
with the Association for Sustainable Forestry.
The association will carry out a silviculture pilot project
on small private woodlots throughout Nova Scotia.
Natural Resources Minister Ernest Fage says this is an
opportunity to explore new ways of delivering silviculture work
on private lands.
The project, valued at 400-thousand dollars, will look at
the possibility of the association carrying out more silviculture
work in the future through the new Sustainable Forestry Fund.
The pilot project will be completed by mid-summer next year.
Landowners wanting to find out more can contact David
Sutherland, project manager, at 902-895-1179.
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Contact: Susan Mader Zinck
Department of Natural Resources
902-424-2354
E-mail: madersd@gov.ns.ca
Greg Shay
Association for Sustainable Forestry
902-895-1179
Steve Talbot
N.S. Forest Products Association
902-895-1179
E-mail: stalbot@nsfpa.ns.ca
kjd November 14, 2000 12:38 p.m.
The Department of Natural Resources has signed an agreement with
a forestry organization to administer and carry out a
silviculture pilot project on small private woodlots throughout
Nova Scotia. The project is valued at $400,000.
The Association for Sustainable Forestry will carry out
silviculture work with funding from the department's current
private-lands silviculture budget. The project will be completed
by mid-summer 2001.
"This is an excellent opportunity to explore new ways of
delivering silviculture programs on private lands," said Ernest
Fage, Minister of Natural Resources. "The project will look at
the possibility of this association conducting even more
silviculture work in the future through the new Sustainable
Forestry Fund."
This fund is a special account established under the Forests Act
to ensure that silviculture work is carried out on private
woodlots across the province. In future, monies for the fund will
come from registered buyers who annually harvest more than 5,000
cubic metres of wood -- approximately 2,300 cords. They must
submit a wood acquisition plan to the department and conduct a
silviculture program or contribute to the Sustainable Forestry
Fund.
"This is an opportunity for everyone, including woodlot owners,
industry and government, to work co-operatively to ensure that
our forests are sustainable for the future," said Greg Shay, co-
chair of the association. "Silviculture funding and programs are
essential components of this."
The Association for Sustainable Forestry includes the Nova Scotia
Forest Products Association, the Nova Scotia Federation of
Woodland Owners, the Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre
Producers Association and the Forest Council of Western Nova
Scotia. These groups represent most industry and the larger
private landowner associations.
David Sutherland will manage the pilot project on behalf of the
association and work out of the Nova Scotia Forest Products
office in Hilden. Landowners wanting to find out more about the
project can call 902-895-1179.
FOR BROADCAST USE:
The Department of Natural Resources has signed an agreement
with the Association for Sustainable Forestry.
The association will carry out a silviculture pilot project
on small private woodlots throughout Nova Scotia.
Natural Resources Minister Ernest Fage says this is an
opportunity to explore new ways of delivering silviculture work
on private lands.
The project, valued at 400-thousand dollars, will look at
the possibility of the association carrying out more silviculture
work in the future through the new Sustainable Forestry Fund.
The pilot project will be completed by mid-summer next year.
Landowners wanting to find out more can contact David
Sutherland, project manager, at 902-895-1179.
-30-
Contact: Susan Mader Zinck
Department of Natural Resources
902-424-2354
E-mail: madersd@gov.ns.ca
Greg Shay
Association for Sustainable Forestry
902-895-1179
Steve Talbot
N.S. Forest Products Association
902-895-1179
E-mail: stalbot@nsfpa.ns.ca
kjd November 14, 2000 12:38 p.m.