What percentage of Frederictonians want glass recycling? How satisfied are residents with the city’s environmental initiatives? What kind of support is there for wind and solar projects in NB? We have the answers! This past fall, we (Karyn, Olivia, and Pascale) created an environmental attitudes survey and distributed it door-to-door to residents of Fredericton. We […]
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Broad grassroots momentum for a ban on herbicides; encounters with high-profile members of the federal cabinet; fun learning about our seasonal hibernators; and an opportunity for you to help our work in the Bay of Fundy: here’s the latest from Conserver House. Sign on for a healthy forest We have joined with concerned citizens and
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One of the most important issues concerning citizens of New Brunswick that the Minister of Natural Resources can address right away is the use of herbicides on our Crown forested lands. People from all over the province have joined with concerned citizens, community environmental organizations and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick — which has
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A new study has come out that singles out estuaries as being able to absorb the blows of climate change and protect coasts better than human-constructed diking. The study by Boston University found that estuaries are able to withstand hurricanes and can even surmount rising sea levels by migrating to different areas. An article
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What did you do with your used Christmas tree this year? The people of Le Goulet have a creative way of reusing them. The small village in the Acadian Peninsula uses old Christmas trees as part of a dune restoration project it launched in 2013. The initiative consists of using different recycled materials from the village, including used pines and douglas
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FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is bringing attention to a study published last week in the Virology Journal that reported on the presence of a European strain of an Atlantic salmon virus — infectious salmon anemia (ISAv) — in British Columbia wild Pacific salmon. Inka Milewski, science advisor for the Conservation Council, said the study dispels
Fish Farm Biosecurity Inadequate to Protect Wild Salmon Read More »
Good news for whales and all of us who love to explore around the Beautiful Bay of Fundy — more sections of this natural treasure could come under federal protection over the next five years! Maxine Westhead, a Maritime official with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, told CBC Information Morning Fredericton that DFO is meeting
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I have a calendar on my desk with a big red circle around today’s date. Why? Because exactly one year ago today you and I celebrated the protection of our drinking water, the health of our freshwater rivers, lakes and streams, and the power of collective action as the provincial government announced a moratorium on
Staff from the Conservation Council attended the opening of a new vertical-axis wind turbine at The Ville on Canada Street on Fredericton’s north side this morning. The project was a partnership between Falls Brook Centre, Fredericton-based Naveco Power, and The Ville Cooperative. The turbine was created by Kohilo Wind out of New York, who have
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The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper appeared in dozens of media outlets responding to TransCanada’s amended Energy East application that doubles the amount of tanker traffic related to the bitumen pipeline project in the Bay of Fundy and along the US east coast. Matt Abbott told CBC New Brunswick that the changes will significantly increase the
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