End of Northern Pulp not viewed as a disaster by some N.S. woodlot owners
For
wood harvester Wade Prest, predictions of devastation if Nova Scotia’s
largest pulp mill closes are missing a wider story of an industry that
needs to rethink its future.
wood harvester Wade Prest, predictions of devastation if Nova Scotia’s
largest pulp mill closes are missing a wider story of an industry that
needs to rethink its future.
“There is a time when you do have to
bite the bullet and say, ‘This is an opportunity for us to change,”‘ the
62-year-old wood harvester said in a telephone interview.
The
deadline is ticking down for the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County to
stop sending effluent into a lagoon near a Mi’kmaq community.