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EcoNews Special Election Edition—Questions to ask your local candidates

With the New Brunswick general election coming up on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, we wanted to help you find out where your local candidates stand on the environmental issues important to you as a Conservation Council supporter. You’ve likely noticed things are a bit different this election. COVID-19 precautions mean most candidates won’t be knocking […]

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Top conservation groups challenge party leaders to take N.B. from laggard to leader on nature, water protection

CCNB Blog, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s leading conservation groups are asking party leaders what they will do to catch up to the rest of Canada on nature and water protection if they are elected Premier in the general election on Sept. 14. Today, New Brunswick sits second-to-last in Canada on total protected land, at only 4.6 per

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Clean water should be top priority

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”N.B. Election 2020: Questions to ask local candidates” h2_font_container=”font_size:26″ h2_google_fonts=”font_family:Arimo%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_fonts_h2=”true” use_custom_fonts_h4=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1598468206149{background-color: #dff2fe !important;}”]Will you commit to protecting at least 10 per cent of land and water in New Brunswick by 2020, including increases to buffer zones along our rivers and streams, and protecting drinking water, watersheds and wetlands in our Crown forest?

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New Brunswick forestry practices need to change

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”N.B. Election 2020: Questions to ask local candidates” h2_font_container=”font_size:26″ h2_google_fonts=”font_family:Arimo%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” use_custom_fonts_h2=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1598467878355{background-color: #dff2fe !important;}”]Will you commit to developing a new Crown Land and Forests Act that works for all New Brunswickers, creates well paying jobs, is fair for private woodlot owners, protects water and nature, and keeps people working, hunting, fishing and enjoying the

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New Brunswick Election 2020: what to ask your local candidates

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers cast their ballot in a general election on Monday, Sept. 14. Here are some questions to help you find out where your local candidates stand on critical issues. Things will be different this election. Candidates won’t be knocking on your door. Reach out to them instead. Here’s a list of confirmed candidates

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EcoNews — Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you the online map, recently released by government and the forestry industry, showing where our Crown forest will be sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides, and we welcome you to use our letter-writing tool to let your MLA know you want this unnecessary practice to stop; we give you one

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Low, warm water stresses river life

CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with the Fredericton Daily Gleaner in late July about the unusually low water level of some of New Brunswick’s rivers this summer. The Gleaner’s Michael Staples reports that stream flows in June were below normal across most of the province, with southern watersheds recording less than 45 per cent

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Big love for the St. Croix/Skutik River

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our recent poll showing big support for the removal of the Milltown Dam and restoration of Salmon Falls received good coverage in regional media. As you’ll remember, last month the Conservation Council and Atlantic Salmon Federation commissioned Oraclepoll Research to ask residents of the St. Stephen, St. Andrews, McAdam, and Campobello region about their awareness

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“It’s important to have everyone involved”: Corbett calls for consultation before Sisson extension

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to CBC New Brunswick about the long-delayed Sisson Mine proposal on July 24. As the CBC’s Bob Jones put it: It’s been a tough year for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company behind a long delayed tungsten and molybdenum mine development known as the Sisson project in central New Brunswick. Its

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