EcoNews — Forestry in New Brunswick Needs to Change

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you updates from this week’s meetings by the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship examining glyphosate use in our forests, including presentations by our Executive Director Lois Corbett and forestry researcher Dr. Matt Betts; we help you stand up for our Acadian Forest with a new letter-writing tool calling on the standing committee to end spraying in our woods; we invite you to join the second phase of our inspiring community art project; and, we call for submissions for the 6th Annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award.

Corbett Calls for Major Forest Reform at Standing Committee Meetings

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told members of the standing committee examining glyphosate use in our forest that it’s time for an overhaul of New Brunswick’s outdated Crown Lands and Forests Act. In her presentation to the committee on Tuesday, Corbett called for a phase-out of herbicide spraying and a new Act founded upon fairness for First Nations, private woodlot owners and citizens, and greater protection for nature and wildlife.

We Don't Need to Trade Healthy, Diverse Forests for Wood and Jobs

On Wednesday, the standing committee heard a bleak reality from forestry professor Dr. Matthew Betts: that the way we manage our forest in New Brunswick is driving significant habitat loss and population declines among birds. But he also had a message of hope: things don’t have to be this way. New Brunswick can change the way we grow and harvest wood while still providing a good livelihood for foresters and supporting an abundance of life in our woods.

Have Your Say: Tell Members of the Standing Committee You Want the Old Fashioned and Unnecessary Spraying to Stop

We’ve launched a new letter-writing tool to help you speak out for the mature, mixedwood forests you love. Click the link below to send your #StopSpraying letter to your MLA, all provincial party leaders, and the members of the standing committee.

Join the Second Phase of our Community Art Project for Social and Environmental Change

Calling all artists of any medium or level of experience! After the inspiring first phase of our From Harm to Harmony: The Healing Power of Nature project, we’re excited to invite new participants to collaborate on works to raise awareness about the environmental or social issues closest to your heart. Space is limited—fewer than 10 slots remain, so sign up today!

Call For Nominations: 6th Annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award

We’re pleased to announce nominations are open for the 6th annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award, presented annually in recognition of in-depth and thoughtful coverage of environmental issues in New Brunswick. We invite journalists from traditional news media, independents, non-profits, citizen journalists and students to submit their finest work by July 31.

We work hard to make sure a strong environmental voice is heard in the New Brunswick print, radio and television media. Here are the latest stories Conservation Council staff have been called upon for expertise, analysis and commentary:

June 22, 2021 — Our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s presentation to the standing committee examining glyphosate use in our forest was covered widely by New Brunswick media this week.

Corbett Calls for Major Forest Reform at Standing Committee Meetings

We Don't Need to Trade Healthy, Diverse Forests for Wood and Jobs

Have Your Say: Tell Members of the Standing Committee You Want the Old Fashioned and Unnecessary Spraying to Stop

Join the Second Phase of our Community Art Project for Social and Environmental Change

Call For Nominations: 6th Annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award

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