SOOFstock: A festival for the forests

So many people have come together through the Save Our Old Forests campaign, started in Annapolis County, within Mi'kma'ki.The folks behind it have recently hosted a successful music festival to raise awareness and funds, and to provide connection, support and inspiration for all those who care about the trees and animals in our Wabanaki Acadian forests.In this special SOOFstock episode, meet some of the people involved (from musicians to volunteers), glimpse a rainy forest walk at the proposed Goldsmith Lake wilderness areas with Bob Bancroft and Donna Crossland, and get a small taste of some music at the festival!EPISODE RESOURCES: Save Our Old Forests website , Facebook and Instagram hashtag #saveouroldforests(For some wonderful photos of the event, take a look at their social media.) Links to websites or pages of the musicians and artists interviewed:https://anitacazzola.com/musichttps://www.facebook.com/samsonwrote/https://www.facebook.com/CuckooMoon/https://thestrangevalentines.com/homehttps://www.amandasuutari.com/Suzanne Simard’s website with videos and links to her booksNature Nova Scotia  Blomidon Naturalists Society The online public consultation mentioned by MLA Carmen Kerr, started on August 23: Collective Protected Areas Strategy Engagement The website of the settler education Rob mentioned (who went to Last Hope Camp) See this NS Forest Notes page for information about the decline of bird populations (including the Blackburnian warbler). The full paper can be found here Forest degradation drives widespread avian habitat and population declines Facebook pages and groups:Bridgewater Watershed Protection Alliance (BWPA)Nova Scotia species at risk  Annapolis Environment and EcologyTreaty Truckhouse #2  Citizen science M'ikma'ki   Past Shared Ground episodes that...