Unlike most other areas in north eastern NA, the landscapes of SW Nova Scotia have not recovered or have been very slow to recover from acid rain following the introduction of emission reductions in the 1990s.* As revealed in Josh Noseworthy’s 2011 MSc thesis (kept well out-of-sight by NSDNR) and confirmed by NSDNR soil scientist Kevin keys & Co. in a peer-reviewed science paper in 2016, low base saturation/soil acidification/nutrient depletion is exacerbated by clearcutting. #nspoli