This Forest Strategy resource currently features but one document, A Natural Balance, Working Towards Nova Scotia's Natural Resources Strategy.  It was written by three individuals: 1.) Jonathan Porter, formerly with Resolute Forest Products, former manager of the Bowater-Mersey forests, 2.) Donna Crosslands, forest ecologist at Kejimkujik National Park, and 3.) Bob Bancroft, no stranger to working forests, a biologist with DNR for 18 years and a recipient of the 2007 Woodlot Owner of the Year Award.  The document contains two totally incompatible sets of recommendations.  One set was written by, with, and for the forest industry by Porter, and the other by Crosslands and Bancroft.  The former was adopted holus-bolus and Porter was hired by DNR as their new Executive Director of Renewable Resources. The latter was summarily dismissed and never saw the light of day.  The then Minister, who favoured their findings, was shuffled to another portfolio.

Here they are, the two sets of recommendations.  You read.  You decide.  Which Forest Strategy do you feel will be of greater benefit to the province?

A Natural Balance: Working Toward Nova Scotia’s Natural Resource Strategy

The Path We Share, NS Natural Resource Strategy