The MCFC is seeking to procure trail construction for the development of a network of accessible and footpath-style trails in the Stave Lake region of the MCFC license area, between Maitland Bridge and South Milford in Annapolis Co.

We hope that you have enjoyed the beautiful weather and changing colours this fall. We’re finally winding down from the busy summer of long days, community events, and field work. We have some exciting updates to share with…

Support the Hemlock Conservation-Nova Scotia team to treat hemlock trees from Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), an invasive aphid-like insect that threatens hemlock trees in North America…

Here at the MCFC we’re celebrating a fun summer of community events, workshops, and the frequent rainfall leading to plenty of wild food foraging - berries and mushrooms galore! While grey rainy Nova Scotian days aren’t always the cheeriest, the drought we…

We have new harvest blocks up for comment on the Province’s Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV). They will be open for comment until September 25th, and we encourage our members, and members of the community to provide feedback.

Spring ephemerals are popping up all over, migratory birds are returning, and deciduous trees are budding out… it’s an awe-inspiring time to be out exploring in the woods!

In efforts to build our operating capacity and market opportunities, we’re seeking proposals to research and analyze ways to help build efficiencies for MCFC harvest operations.

An exciting new opportunity for the MCFC and the local community, we’re taking the next steps to start planning construction for our backcountry-style walk-in campground.

We hope you have been enjoying some snowy woods by snowshoe, ski, or sled and keeping warm by a crackling fire. The Medway Community Forest Co-op has been busy this winter wrapping up contract work assessing….

Can you believe that 2021 is just around the corner? We hope you’re all keeping healthy and taking advantage of the nice fall weather by getting out on a trail and exploring the woods.

We gathered for our AGM online this year on October 19th, 2020. Going through various updates and advancements from over the last year as well as important updates from our new venture, the Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust (NSWWT).

Evidently, this summer has been very different than what we’re used to at the MCFC. Like many others, we’re still navigating the new climate of NS forestry, and have been limited in operations due to tightened contractor availability and poor markets.

We have new harvest blocks up for comment on the Province’s Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV). They will be open for comment until September 13th, and we encourage our members, and members of the community to provide feedback.

The MCFC is seeking bids for pre-commercial thinning work on our Crown license area. We have 84 hectares to be treated in total, all within 15min of Highway 8, adjacent to the communities of Kempt, Maitland Bridge and South Milford.

Applications are now closed - thanks to all that applied! We’re looking for a summer Community Outreach Intern! Are you passionate about Nova Scotia forestry with a knowledge of design, marketing and outreach? We’d love to have you join us this summer.

Greetings from the depths of winter! If you can believe it, the MCFC signed our original pilot project agreement 5 years ago, on January 31, 2015. Whether you're new to the MCFC or a long-time supporter, have a look back on our early days on the website as a great reminder of how far we've come.

We’ve been very busy this fall speaking, hosting and participating in numerous conferences and events. In October, we sent our General Manager, Mary Jane Rodger to the Land Trust Alliance Rally in Raleigh, North Carolina

From a desk in downtown Toronto, I write this as I am wrapping up the final few months of a Masters of Forest Conservation program at the University of Toronto, missing the Acadian forest and rural Nova Scotian lifestyle. It’s one thing to study what you love at a computer, in the classroom, on field trips and in labs, but another to be fully inundated day after day, watching the forest change with the season.

It’s been awhile, but we have new harvest blocks up for comment on the Province’s Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV). They will be open for comment until November 30, and we encourage our members, and members of the community to provide feedback.

After departing university and plunging into a career, I find there are only so many chances to meet with those you might consider experts or ‘gurus’ in your field. Luckily, last month we had the opportunity to host a leader in Acadian forest silviculture, Dr. Robert Seymour.