Wagner Forest Management, Ltd.

🌍 Big News for Nova Scotia and the Future of Energy! 🌱 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Canadian Sustainable Fuels Project in Goldboro, Nova Scotia! Formerly proposed as the Goldboro LNG site, this location is now set to become a major Renewable Energy Park (REP). Our project will focus on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pushing Nova Scotia to the forefront of the clean energy revolution. 🌿 Hugh Kelly, CEO & Co-Founder of Simply Blue Group, says: " We are very excited to be developing the Goldboro site into a renewable energy park. The sustainable aviation fuel that we will produce there will play an essential part in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and combating climate change.” He continued: “SAF is a drop-in fuel that matches the performance of conventional jet fuel while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 90% compared to conventional jet fuel.” Construction begins in 2026, with full operation expected by 2029, creating hundreds of jobs and boosting local economic growth! 🚧💼 Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables said: "Nova Scotia is poised to become a leader in green hydrogen. This industry will help us, and our global partners fight climate change, and it will grow our green economy in Nova Scotia with benefits for generations to come. We’re pleased to see Simply Blue Group investing in this budding new industry in Nova Scotia. They’re going to make a big difference in the transportation sector with aviation and marine fuel. And as a new market for our low-grade wood fibre, they will help our forestry sector be healthy and strong.” Michael Galvin, Simply Blue Group’s COO - Hydrogen and Sustainable Fuels said: “It’s great to be finally launching this project. A lot of work has gone on in the background with three years of due-diligence and engineering completed, and we have already signed a supply agreement with Wagner Forest NS Ltd. to act as an agent in sourcing 700,000 tonnes of green biomass per annum.” For more see here  https://lnkd.in/eQfPAyux #SustainableFuels #NovaScotia #Goldboro #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #CleanFuture #SAF   

One of our foresters recently came across this monarch of the forest. Can anyone guess the tree species???

One year later in Nova Scotia. Wagner's Matt Willett was there to fight the fires and continues to assist in the recovery. Thank you, Matt!

When walking through the woods, one may assume that the area has always been forest. Occasionally we come across remnants of the past, which tell us otherwise. This particular site was an old farmsted that has since reverted back to forest. 🌳 🌲

It’s truely exhilarating to discover an exemplary stand of red spruce when conducting harvest layout. Woods dogs make an excellent scale reference in these situations.

Tuesday was a great day to do some internal auditing on some of the few remaining active harvests in Maine & New Hampshire. Participating in audits may not be the most exciting activity our foresters do, but it is a key element of sustainable forest management.

While things are slowing down in the woods now, operating conditions from mid-January through February were quite good. We were able to sell a few prime spruce logs from this harvest in northern NH to a guitar manufacturer!

Wagner had the privilege of hosting Professor Nicole Rogers and 5 graduate students from the University of Maine this week. The group toured an active CTL harvest in a Deer Wintering Area to look at different silvicultural treatments. Our foresters had a great time and we look forward to future field tours with the University.

At first glance this old yellow birch looked like a horror film version of the Keebler Elf tree. Closer inspection revealed that it has been a home for generations of porcupines. One couldn’t ask for a better Wildlife Tree in a harvest block!