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SUMMARY:Bob Bancroft on Where Have all the Good Forests Gone?
DESCRIPTION:\nBob Bancroft on Where Have all the Good Forests Gone?\nFriday, October 23, 2020 at 9 AM UTC-03 – 10 AM UTC-03\n\n\n\n\n\nBy Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPublic · Hosted by NB Media Co-op ( https://www.facebook.com/nbmediacoop/ ) and RAVEN Rural Action & Voices for the Environment ( https://www.facebook.com/RAVENUNB/ )\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe next speaker in the Environmental Praxis Lecture Series is Bob Bancroft on the Acadian forest and what is lost in the conversion of forests to plantations on Friday, Oct. 23 at 9:00am (Atlantic time) by Zoom. Email tglynn@stu.ca to get the Zoom link.\n\nBob Bancroft is a wildlife biologist and president of Nature Nova Scotia. Originally from the Annapolis Valley, Bob spent 28 years with the provincial government in Nova Scotia as a wildlife biologist and fisheries biologist. Bob is known for his work on forest conservation, river and his rehabilitation work with various birds and animals. Bob has been a regular guest on CBC’s Maritime Noon, answering the public’s questions about wildlife. Bob is the President of the Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, President of the Canadian Association of Small Mouth Anglers, Member of the Executive for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. He writes for various magazines and journals, including the Atlantic Salmon Journal, Eastern Woods and Waters, and Saltscapes. He is an assessor for Smartwood (FSC), which promotes ecologically sensitive forest practices. Bob has also worked with the Pictou Landing First Nation to develop management plans for the band’s land.\n\nBob Bancroft is a wildlife biologist and president of Nature Nova Scotia. Originally from the Annapolis Valley, Bob spent 28 years with the provincial government in Nova Scotia as a wildlife biologist and fisheries biologist. Bob is known for his work on forest conservation, river restoration and wildlife rehabilitation. Bob has been a regular guest on CBC’s Maritime Noon, answering the public’s questions about wildlife. Bob is a past President of the Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters, past President of the Canadian Association of Small Mouth Anglers, former member of the Executive for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, and former member of the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. He writes for various magazines and journals, including the Atlantic Salmon Journal, Rural Delivery, and Saltscapes. He spent time as an assessor for Smartwood (FSC), which promotes ecologically sensitive forest practices. Bob also worked with the tribal council, the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, developing management plans for First Nations lands.\n\nRead Bob’s eulogy for the Acadian forest here: http://www.rurallife.ca/eulogy\n\nThis lecture is organized by St. Thomas University’s Environmental Praxis course and supported by the\nNB Media Co-op and RAVEN Rural Action & Voices for the Environment, a research project based at the University of New Brunswick.\n\nUpcoming lectures in the Environmental Praxis Lecture Series:\n\nNov. 6 – Daniel Tubb, Professor of Anthropology, University of New Brunswick, on his new book, Shifting Livelihoods: GoldMining and Subsistence in the Chocó, Colombia.\nNov. 20 – Valerie Lannon, climate activist and co-author of Indigenous Sovereignty and Socialism,and David Bush, York Ph.D. student, labour organizer and editor of Rank and File and Spring,on the Green New Deal and the socialist case against the carbon tax.\n\nFor more information, contact Tracy at tglynn@stu.ca.\n\n \n
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