May 13, 2014

Telegraph-Journal: Demonstrators flock to Legislature to protest new forestry strategy May 13, 2014 Excerpt: “We’re trying to reclaim the people’s forest, the Crown forest,” said Lois Corbett, the executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. “Things can change in the next few months leading up to the election on Sept. 22. Candidate by […]

The new director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the issues of forestry and fracking complement each other going into an election campaign. “I think there’s one theme that seems to be tying a number of issues together, a number of environmental and human health issues, and that’s the lack of transparency,” says

Canadian Press: N.B. legislature site of protest against new forestry plan May 13, 2014 Tracy Glynn, forestry campaigner with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, says the proposed reduction in forest will result in a decrease in the population of various wildlife. Glynn says she’s concerned there will be increased clear-cutting by the major forestry