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NATURAL RESOURCES-$4.4 MILLION FOR PRIVATE LAND FOREST MANAGEMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Resources Minister Eleanor Norrie has announced that $4.4 million in provincial funding will be available to private woodlot owners in Nova Scotia this year for forestry development. "This funding is provided entirely by the province," said Mrs. Norrie. "Under the private lands program administered by the Department of Natural Resources, incentives will be available to help offset the cost of site preparation, planting, thinning, shelterwood cuts and other approved silviculture treatments on private woodlots." During fiscal 1996-97, $6.4 million was spent on the private lands program. Although the amount is less this year, funds will be pro-rated the same as previous years. "The $4.4 million provided in the budget for the current fiscal year underlines our government's commitment to support sustainable development and management of our forest resource," said Mrs. Norrie. Additional funding from the private sector will mean the total amount of funding for work on woodlots should be about $5.6 million in 1997-98. -30- Contact: Susan Mader Zinck 902-424-2354 trp Apr. 23, 1997 - 3:45 p.m.