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Photographer Nick Hawkins and Community Forests International captivate crowd on global forest and wildlife conservation

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Zachary Bourque

Nearly a hundred people attended the Conservation Council’s Visual Forest Feast as part of the 5 Days for the Forest on September 21 at UNB’s Forestry & Geology Building. The event attracted a great diversity of people, including university students, distinguished naturalists and academics. Nick Hawkins, an acclaimed conservation photographer who has had his work featured in […]

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Celebrating National Forest Week with TREEvia!

CCNB Blog / Olivia DeYoung

Last night, Wednesday, September 21st, we had over 14 teams come to test their earthy knowledge on New Brunswick forest, waterways, fauna, flora and more! This event was part of our 5 Days for the Forest festival happening this week in celebration of National Forest Week! A few questions that stumped some in the crowd

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5 Days for the Forest

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

The first-ever 5 Days for the Forest will occur in Fredericton during National Forest Week (Sept. 19-24, 2016). The forest festival will celebrate our diverse mixed-wood forest, wildlife and flora. The events will foster an appreciation of New Brunswick’s forest biodiversity in an effort to ensure its conservation. Organized by the Conservation Council of New

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Jim Goltz reminds us of the wonders found in our Acadian forest

CCNB Blog / Tracy Glynn

“Learn them, love them, protect them,” Jim Goltz quoted his late friend, Hal Hinds, at a guided walk of Odell Park that opened the Conservation Council’s 5 Days for the Forest event on Sept. 19. Hinds wrote those words in Goltz’s copy of Hinds’ botanical reference guide book, The Flora of New Brunswick. Almost 40 people

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New Brunswick’s Climate Action Plan: EcoAlert Summer 2016!

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

This special edition of EcoAlert gives you a first look at our bold new made-in New Brunswick climate action plan, a roadmap for finding renewable energy providers in New Brunswick, and cuts through the jargon and technicalities behind New Brunswick’s upcoming Smart Grid Innovation Network. In this issue: • A bold new made-in-New Brunswick climate action

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That’s worth celebrating: CCNB’s Tracy Glynn on 5 Days for the Forest

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, spoke with Mark Kilfoil in an recent episode of CHSR’s 97.9 Lunchbox about the Conservation Council’s first-ever 5 Days for the Forest. The festival marks National Forest Week (Sept. 19-24, 2016) and and takes place in Fredericton. The forest festival will celebrate our diverse mixed-wood forest, wildlife and

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The Conservation Council presents a visual forest feast at UNB: Photos, a film & Milda’s pizza!

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation, Webinars & Events / Zachary Bourque

By Kelsey Maber, Jennica Leet & Brittany Polchies Are you interested in seeing majestic shots of our forest in New Brunswick and abroad in places like Nicaragua? Want to find out what folks in New Brunswick are doing at home and around the world to conserve and restore our forest? We hope you can join

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A Beautiful Forest: a 5 Days for the Forest event

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation, Fundraiser, Webinars & Events / Zachary Bourque

By Jennica Leet Join us for a documentary about the story of our forest as told by Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy elders. As part of our celebration of the 5 Days for the Forest, the Conservation Council and Cinema Politica Fredericton are screening A Beautiful Forest by the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN). The film,

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Forest flicks with CCNB: Join us for a film screening of A Beautiful Forest

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Join us for a documentary about the story of our forest as told by Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy elders. As part of our celebration of the 5 Days for the Forest, the Conservation Council and Cinema Politica Fredericton are screening A Beautiful Forest by the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN). The film includes the thoughts

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Old Hemlock Forest Walk with Jim Goltz in Odell Park

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Join us for walk through Fredericton’s old-growth hemlock forest, home to all 32 native species of the Acadian forest and a variety of flora and fauna. Meet at the Odell Park Lodge at 6:00pm sharp. Jim Goltz, a local celebrated naturalist will take walkers through the forest to identify trees, forest plants and wildlife. Afterwards, a

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