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There’s an app for that! ExploreEcoNB

Whether you’re looking for a quiet place to watch wildlife, a breathtaking view, or the adventure of a lifetime, now “there’s an app for that”  in New Brunswick! Ten of the province’s nature- and environmental-based organizations along with key government agencies have collaborated over the past year to give you ExploreEcoNB. The brand new mobile […]

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Conservation Council video shows forest loss in New Brunswick

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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Veteran environmentalist returns home to work with the Conservation Council

A Conversation with Lois Corbett by Stephanie Coburn, President The Board of the Conservation Council is very pleased to welcome our new Executive Director, Lois Corbett. Lois comes to us with great environmental and organizational credentials. Lois has had her own consulting firm in Toronto, providing strategic advice to Canada’s green energy sector and to

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Fracking EIA an opportunity to incorporate Health Impact Assessment

Fredericton – Corridor Resources has registered Phase III of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which proposes to frack 4 gas wells in the McCully Gas Field at Penobsquis. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) has reviewed the proposal which is open for a public comment period, ending March 8, 2014. CCNB submits that while the

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Ban forest herbicides to bring back wildlife: biologists, hunters and conservationists

Fredericton – Biologists, hunting, fishing and outdoors recreation groups and conservationists are uniting in a call to ban herbicides in the forest by sending a letter today to New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister Paul Robichaud. The letter, which attempts to set the record straight on the impacts of using herbicides in the forest was signed

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Good news for forest industry is not good news for our forest or communities

Conservation Council of New Brunswick Media Release Fredericton – Premier David Alward is promising good news for the forest industry in response to their lobbying efforts for long-term access to timber supply. The Conservation Council encourages the Alward government to consider the long-term health of New Brunswick’s mixedwood forest and our forest dependent communities in

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Conservation Council responds to the events in Rexton

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick deeply regrets the violence that occurred in Rexton on Oct. 17th. We are disheartened by the way the injunction on the ongoing blockade was enforced, with excessive aggression by way of tactical force, weapons and arrests. We offer sincere support and solidarity to the people of Elsipogtog First Nation,

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