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The Conservation Council has launched a petition and made it easy for you to send a letter to your MLA and Premier Brian Gallant on protecting our Acadian forest. Please return your petitions to us before the end of April. The petition and the letter asks our MLAs to support four actions for our forest: […]
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In this forest update, a heads up on how to mobilize for our forest in New Brunswick, analysis of Nova Scotia’s move towards FSC certification of its forest and news of trade action being taken against Irving Paper and other companies for putting cheap wood on the U.S. market. If in Fredericton, hope to see
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Today, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South, introduced a bill to the Legislative Assembly called, An Act to Return to the Crown Certain Rights Related to Wood Supply and Forest Management. Joining the Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett and Tracy Glynn today for the introduction of the bill was St. Mary’s Chief
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We have good news to warm you this frigid January morning! The Nature Trust’s application for a leasing agreement with the City of Fredericton to co-manage the Ferris Street forest and wetland surrounding the Sunset berry fields has been accepted by Fredericton City Council. The agreement aims to ensure that this special area of Fredericton
Great news for Fredericton’s Ferris St. Forest & Wetland! Read More »
Lois Corbett of the Conservation Council welcomes the release of the forest plan documents and anticipates the release of maps and more scientific information needed to make informed decisions about wise forest management that protects wildlife habitat, old forest and rivers and streams. Watch here.
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(Voir ce message en français) (Fredericton, N.B.) — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is commending the provincial government for releasing the details of the forestry agreements signed last year by the previous government. “We’re pleased this government has cast some transparency and light on deals New Brunswickers should know about,” says Lois Corbett, Executive
CCNB Action needs your help to distribute our “Vote for Our Forest” cards. The cards, available in English or French, include 4 questions that you can ask the candidates seeking election in the next provincial election on Sept. 22. The cards can also be displayed in your window or door to show your support for
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From: Province at crossroads on natural resources by Chris Morris, Telegraph-Journal, August 5, 2014. “I think the voter has moved beyond the old jobs-versus-the-environment argument and the belief that you can only have one or the other,” says Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. “Folks have a much more sophisticated
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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released a short video that shows remarkable forest loss in New Brunswick from 2000 to 2013. The animated maps reveal that the picture province is no longer home to large intact forest areas. The Conservation Council is concerned that the New Brunswick’s forest strategy will further degrade the
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CCNB’s Tracy Glynn weighs in on the postponing of the signing of the forestry agreement. Global’s Laura Brown reports.
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