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The wildfire hit the Hammonds Plains and Tantallon areas hard, burning about 950 hectares and destroying 151 homes, but all those burned trees will not go to waste.
The loss of a power plant on Nova Scotia's South Shore that is fuelled by biomass has left the region's largest sawmill and others scrambling to find somewhere to send wood chips and bark left over from their operations.
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 4:01 PM AT | Last Updated: March 17
The Nova Scotia government continues to work on bringing in recommendations from the Lahey review, which was delivered in August 2018.(Michael Gorman/CBC)
There is still no word on how Nova Scotia plans to implement a key recommendation from the Lahey report that would see Crown land designated into zones, as advocates express frustration over a lack of answers and action from the government.
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has said the province is working to expedite implementation of the forestry report s recommendations, an effort that included the introduction of two pieces of legislation last week.