Nova Scotia has traditionally been covered by a mixed Acadian Forest, a temperate broadleaf and coniferous forest that makes the transition between the oak and maple dominated broadleaf forests south of us and the boreal forests north of us. The biodiverse Acadian forest contains high value trees of mixed ages that provide habitat for birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects and protect watersheds. These forests store carbon both above and below the soil. Current and past forestry practices are destroying this mixed Acadian forest. Clear cutting followed by replanting and glyphosate spraying are replacing the mixed Acadian forest with a boreal forest. Essentially our forests are being transformed into pulp plantations. Many Nova Scotians are mourning the loss of our Acadian forest. Public concern over forestry practices has been increasingly palpable. Witness the outcry over the recent clearcut in the Wentworth Valley, the massive support of this petition and the outcry against the management of western Crown lands by Westfor, a consortium of major mills. Poor forest management and short-sighted political decisions have led to massive and potentially irreversible forest destruction. A forest funeral on October 19th will pay homage to the forests resources that Nova Scotia has lost through over-harvesting and rampant clearcutting. Indigenous voices and a eulogy to the forest will help Nova Scotians express their concerns.