Do you find yourself wondering if your favourite beach is safe for swimming? The Conservation Council has teamed up with Swim Guide, a free app with water quality information for 7,000 beaches worldwide, to help people find safe places to swim in New Brunswick. The Conservation Council, along with the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, currently maintains […]
A four-year assessment of Canada’s freshwater resources, completed by World Wildlife Fund-Canada (WWF-Canada), has found all of Canada’s freshwater watersheds are ‘under tremendous stress,’ including the Saint John-St.Croix and Maritime Coastal watersheds in New Brunswick. WWF-Canada’s Watershed Report, the first national study of Canada’s freshwater ecosystems, assesses both the health and stresses facing all 25
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The Bay of Fundy is a true natural treasure; home to the largest tides in the world and renowned for its biological diversity that has supported vibrant communities of people and animals for thousands of years — but the Bay is currently facing a number of environmental challenges and the situation is forecast to get
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We have good news for all of you data junkies! On April 13, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) released its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 2015. The data details GHG pollution trends and emissions reported from industrial sectors across Canada, including mining, oil and gas extraction, energy utilities, manufacturing, etc. The GHG emissions collected
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Can you think of any better way to spend World Water Day than meeting with water lovers from watershed groups across New Brunswick? We couldn’t, so on March 22 we braved the weather and headed to Sussex to attend a watershed workshop! The workshop, hosted by our friends from the Kennebecasis River Watershed Restoration Committee,
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