Welcome to the Nova Scotia Forestry Association
Forest Education
The Forest Education program was first developed in 2013 as a way for the NSFA to better achieve their goal of ensuring that natural resources education, with a specific focus
Read MoreNova Scotia Envirothon
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program. The Nova Scotia Envirothon program was established in 1993
Read MoreAtlantic Teachers' Tour
The Atlantic Teachers’ Tour is a dynamic and interactive event that gets teachers out of the classroom and into the field to have a first-hand learning
Read MoreGet to know the Nova Scotia Forestry Association
About Us
Originally established in the early 1940’s, the Nova Scotia Forestry Association (NSFA) was formed to help promote wise management and conservation
Read MoreOur Goal
Through collaboration and innovation the NSFA strives to reach our goal of ensuring that natural resources education, with a specific focus
Read MoreWhy Educate?
With most of today’s generation of youth growing up indoors, with a ‘plugged-in’ lifestyle that is largely devoid of exploring
Read MorePast Envirothon Years
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program.-
Greening the Halifax Waterfront
Download: 2015 NS Envirothon Oral Presentation, Halifax Waterfront Map and Trees of the Halifax Waterfront
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Sustainable Agriculture / Locally Grown
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program. The program was first established in Pennsylvania, in 1979, under the name Environmental Olympics. It was s
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Sustainable Rangeland Management
Due to sponsorship changes in 2013, the program’s name changed once again, to the North American Envirothon. The 2013 North American Envirothon was held in Bozeman, Montana with 55 states and provin
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Non-Point Source Pollution / Low Impact Development
In 2006, the Canon Envirothon came back across the border to Canada and was held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Five years later, in 2011, the competition returned to Canada once again, be
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Salt & Freshwater Estuaries
In 2006, the Canon Envirothon came back across the border to Canada and was held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Five years later, in 2011, the competition returned to Canada once again, be
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Protection of Groundwater Through Urban, Agricultural & Environmental Planning
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program. The program was first established in Pennsylvania, in 1979, under the name Environmental Olympics. It was s
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Biodiversity in a Changing World
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program. The program was first established in Pennsylvania, in 1979, under the name Environmental Olympics. It was s
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Recreational Impacts on Natural Resources
The Nova Scotia Envirothon program began in 1993 and the first team to represent Nova Scotia the North American level was Cobequid Education Center (Truro). Over the next few years the program continu
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Alternative/Renewable Energy
Envirothon is North America’s largest and fastest growing environmental education program. The program was first established in Pennsylvania, in 1979, under the name Environmental Olympics. It was s