http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/6203/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-book-tackles-old-growth-forests-our-east-coast/31067 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Author champions restoration, wants clearcutting curbed </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5910_resized.jpg" alt="" title="Jamie Simpson is the author of a recently published book on old growth forests in the Maritimes. He argues that we should make efforts to restore old growth forests, and that current commercial forestry practices are devastating our forests and ruining their future. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5727_resized.jpg" alt="" title="Old growth, not just on the West Coast. The Kentville Ravine is just one of the remaining pockets of old growth forest left in Nova Scotia. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - At one time, before white settlers arrived, majestic old-growth forests covered most of Nova Scotia.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-book-tackles-old-growth-forests-our-east-coast/31067" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-book-tackles-old-growth-forests-our-east-coast/31067#comments Robert Devet Environment clearcutting Halifax Nova Scotia old growth forest Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:53:52 +0000 Robert DeVet 31067 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca