In October I joined more than 600 other residents of Nova Scotia to participate in a “mock” funeral for Nova Scotia’s sustainable forests.  Organized by Jamie Simpson and Bob Bancroft, it was held to publicize the plight of our mismanaged forestry sector — mainly as a result of poor leadership from the Department of Natural Resources. This forestry mismanagement didn’t come about overnight, of course. It had been deteriorating for years but was really helped along by the former minister, Lloyd Hines. …Although Hines was recently moved out of the DNR portfolio, we can only hope that the new minister, Margaret Miller, does a better job of listening to (and acting on) the wishes of Nova Scotians who are knowledgeable about and truly care about our forests.