Who We Are

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) was established in 2000 for the Woodlands Unit at NewPage Port Hawkesbury (NPPH), a pulp and paper company in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  To provide an ongoing and interactive opportunity for meaningful public participation in forest management decisions and two-way flow of information from the public to the company and back again, NPPH consulted Gesner & Associates to develop the FAC as an arms-length public advisory committee.

 The FAC includes representatives from a variety of public interest groups including youth, woodlot owner, contractor, small industry, tourism, recreation, Aboriginal, community development, small business, academia, government, environmental, community, and forest education. The views of these public interest groups are brought to NPPH’s Woodlands Unit through the FAC, and assist the company to identify, understand, and prioritize forest rated issues and also to directly influence the company’s forest management decisions.

Through the FAC, interested parties have opportunities to work with NPPH to:

• Identify and select values, objectives, indicators and targets (VOITs) based on the CSA-Z809 forest management certification standard and any other elements of relevance to the defined forest area;
• Develop alternative forest management strategies for long-term planning;
• Assess alternative strategies and select the preferred one(s);
• Review and approve the Sustainable Forest Management Long-term Plan;
• Design monitoring programs, evaluate results, and recommend improvements; and
• Discuss and resolve any issues relevant to sustainable forest management in the defined forest area.

               The goals of the FAC are:

1. To be a vehicle for meaningful and effective public input and to influence NPPH's forest management decisions on company managed lands (Crown and company-owned).
2. To provide a forum to encourage dialogue, cooperation, and information sharing among stakeholders interested in the management of company managed lands.
3. To assist the NPPH Woodlands Unit by providing input and advice in the development of their strategic forest management planning and other forest management decisions.
4. To encourage NPPH in the promotion of sustainable practices on all lands contributing to NPPH's wood supply.

 

FAC Members

Youth Representative - Darryl Delorey

Woodlot Owner - Phil Clark (alternate Kari Easthouse)

Contractor - John Archibald

Small Industry - David Fraser (alternate Cathy Coady-Fraser)

Tourism - Sean Mitchel

Recreation - John Kennedy, Chair

Aboriginal - Kerry Prosper

Community Development (Mainland) - Dan Gillis (alternate Karen McNulty)

Community Development (Cape Breton) - Wanda MacLean (alternate Blaine Gillis)

Small Business - Candace Christiano (alternate Peter Christiano)

Academic (post-secondary) - David McCorquodale (alternate Martha Jones)

Academic (secondary) - Don Gillis

Government - Don Feltmate (alternate Bill English)

Environmental/Cultural - vacant

Community Representative - Lorna MacRury (alternate Allison MacRury)

Forestry Education - Chalmers MacLeod