Environmental groups love celebrating nature protection.
So last week was a great one for our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, and our N.B. allies in conservation.
After years of campaigning by your Conservation Council and partners like the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-NB Chapter, the province announced 100,000 hectares of new protected natural areas on Thursday, July 14, the first areas designated under the Nature Legacy program.
What’s more, Natural Resources Minister Mike Holland committed to add another 300,000 ha by year’s end, bringing New Brunswick’s total area of protected lands and waters to 10 per cent.
Read what Corbett had to say about the announcement below:
“Everyone thinks their nature is the best nature. Boy, that’s a happy problem for me,” she quipped in the Canadian Press article published July 14, speaking on the sheer volume of nominations and comments the province received from passionate and vocal New Brusnwickers who want to help use their knowledge on the ground to help inform the province’s conservation goals.
The province received more than 1,000 submissions and 800 comments from citizens.
“I join the thousands of citizens who are celebrating this announcement that brings us closer to smarter and more ecological forest management in New Brunswick,” Corbett told l’Acadie Nouvelle in an article published July 15.
“Nature, as you know, is our best neighbour. But we can’t go into its house and clearcut it and spray and strip mine it,” Corbett told the Telegraph Journal, Fredericton Daily Gleaner and Moncton Times & Transcript, highlighting the value of natural protected areas in taking action on climate change. “We’ve got to shift fundamentally, to understanding that nature will protect us when we protect it.”
Full coverage of the Nature Legacy announcement:
- CTV Atlantic News at 6: video | web
- Global New Brunswick Evening News: video | web
- CBC New Brunswick Evening News: video | web
- Fredericton Daily Gleaner: web | Front page (A1) in July 15 print edition
- New Brunswick Telegraph Journal: web | A4 in July 15 print edition
- Moncton Times & Transcript: web | B8 in July 15 print edition
- Acadie Nouvelle: web
- CBC Radio ShiftNB: link
- Canadian Press article in: