Online database aims to help woodlot management

By News Staff

Posted Sep 24, 2011 05:22:04 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Nova Scotia government has launched an online database that promotes sustainable woodlot management.

The Network of Stewardship Woodlots lets woodland owners network with each other about tree species, equipment and different treatments.

Natural Resources Minister Charlie Parker says it’s part of a plan to improve woodlot management.

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