Join us for our Annual General Meeting on Saturday, May 27th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Maitland Bridge Community Hall! 
We have lots to discuss including updates to operations and new research. The event with feature a special guest presentation by Melissa Labrador and a tour of the Stave Lake Campground & Trails. Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided! …

With winter behind us, we hope you enjoy as the days grow longer, the forests wake up again, and migratory birds return from their journeys south. The sugar maple taps are flowing and warmer weather is on its way!  We have a few updates to share as we’re back to negotiating for a long-term license agreement and preparing for some exciting spring projects and growth….

Sharing on update on a few partnerships and projects, with Hemlock Woolly Adelgid treatments underway and trials for at-risk bird best management. Transitioning into fall, our seasonal operational restrictions for birds and species-at-risk (SAR) have lifted and forest operations resume on the MCFC license area…

We have a new harvest block up for comment on the Province’s Harvest Plan Map Viewer (HPMV). It will be open for comment until December 10th, and we encourage our members and members of the community to provide feedback.

Here at the Community Forest, we’re celebrating a fun summer of community gathering and events, exciting ongoing research, and are looking forward to harvest operations getting going again. We hope you’re enjoying a summer of forest walks, birding, campfires, or camping out…

With warm weather here, flowers in bloom and songbirds returning, spring is in full swing! At the Community Forest we’ve undergone a staffing transition we’ll share an update on, we began 2022 operations and now have paused for our Singing Season, and are looking forward to summer events with you!

Attention Nova Scotians who consider hemlock a part of your life – whether it’s around your home, cottage, on your woodlot, a part of an ecotourism business – we need to hear from you! MCFC hosted a public session (March 3rd, 2022) for Nova Scotians to share their concerns and questions regarding…

What a winter we’re having – a great time for cross-country skiing through the woods, birding along the Medway River and staying warm by the woodstove. It’s about that time to think about tapping for sap and welcoming warmer days….

We’re taking applications for a summer intern to help advance our research objectives. The internship entails both GIS work and field work, studying forest stand complexities and effects of management on habitat suitability and bird species abundance.

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…

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!

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.