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Puget Sound on alert after Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm fails, releasing thousands

Puget Sound and its wild pacific salmon were put at risk last week when a net pen operated by Cooke Aquaculture that held more than 305,000 Atlantic salmon broke open near Cypress Island in Washington state. The company, like other salmon aquaculture operations on the pacific coast of the Americas, farms Atlantic salmon in Puget […]

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OMISTA Chews & Brews with Brent Mason: 5 Days for the Forest event

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Local folk ‘n roll musician and storyteller Brent Mason will play some tunes over tasty appetizers made with locally-sourced ingredients by Crowne Plaza chefs. A cash bar featuring local beer and ciders will also be available. Tickets: $15/door. Click here to find the event on Facebook! Buy tickets now: When: Thursday, September 28 at 8 p.m.

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Matt Betts on conserving forest biodiversity Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7PM

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Join us in welcoming home New Brunswick-born Dr. Matt Betts as he delivers a talk about how and why we should protect forest biodiversity. An award-wining environmental scientist professor in the Faculty of Forest Science & Society at Oregon State University and founding member of the Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Matt studies the ways that landscape and patterns

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Moncton mayor leads charge to end herbicide spraying near Turtle Creek watershed

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

The City of Moncton is calling on the province to stop spraying glyphosate-based herbicides near the Turtle Creek watershed, a natural reservoir supplying drinking water to more than 100,000 residents within Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview, the CBC reports. “It is our opinion that aerial herbicide spraying should be considered a restricted activity under the Watershed

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NEB gets failing grade on Bay of Fundy impacts, says Corbett

CCNB in the News / Leah Meyer

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told media outlets this week she is pleased the National Energy Board (NEB), for the first time ever, will look at the big picture of how carbon pollution will impact our changing climate when reviewing the proposed Energy East bitumen pipeline, but said the NEB got it flat wrong when

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Making Informed Choices — our guide to going green

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Looking for more resources on energy efficiency and clean energy technology? Look no further! The Conservation Council of New Brunswick wants to help you make informed choices about the energy you use and where it comes from. That’s why the Conservation Council has been hard at work gathering resources from around the province aimed

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The way we manage our forest is outdated: experts

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation, Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Today, the Conservation Council is releasing a forest report card that draws attention to the need for modern forestry laws in New Brunswick. Executive summaries are available in English and French. Thirty people, including forest scientists and representatives of conservation, woodlot owner and First Nation groups, told us what they thought about our Crown forest management. They overwhelming

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Got an opinion on our forests?

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick wants to know what you think about the way our forest is managed. Fill out this survey and you could win a basket of goodies worth $100. We’re researching the state of the forest in New Brunswick and one part of this research is gaining a sense of what

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Corbett on 2017 Ice Storm Review

CCNB in the News / Leah Meyer

The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to several media outlets about the 2017 Ice Storm Review report, released Friday, Aug. 18. Corbett was quoted in articles by the Fredericton Daily Gleaner, the Canadian Press, Global New Brunswick, CTV Atlantic, and The Bend. She told Global that the report rightly points out that “all

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Conservation Council statement on release of 2017 Ice Storm Review

CCNB Blog, Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council, today issued the following statement: “The Clerk of the Executive Council’s review of the January 2017 Ice Storm, released today, shines a spotlight on just what more works need to be done to protect our homes, families and towns and villages in the face of increasing numbers of

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