Today, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South, introduced a bill to the Legislative Assembly called, An Act to Return to the Crown Certain Rights Related to Wood Supply and Forest Management.
Joining the Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett and Tracy Glynn today for the introduction of the bill was St. Mary’s Chief Candice Paul, Jean-Guy Comeau, Northumberland County’s long-time woodlot owner advocate, Murray Munn of Maritime Fibre and Energy and woodlot owner, Danny Anderson and Hal Raper from Miramichi Lumber, UNB Forestry Professor Tom Beckley, Ken Hardie from the NB Federation of Woodlot Owners as well as several woodlot owners, woods workers and familiar faces known for their forest conservation work.
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick looks forward to the debate that will now occur over this bill. The way that our forest is managed needs to change. Clearcutting and herbicide spraying are outdated practices. Woodlot owners and workers need a fair shot at making a living here and treaties with First Nations must be respected.
We encourage everyone to follow the debate that will now occur between our MLAs on our forest. Now is the time to make your voices heard for forest conservation and twenty-first century forest management.
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Tracy Glynn
Forest Campaign Director
Conservation Council of New Brunswick /
Conseil de conservation du Nouveau-Brunswick
180 Saint John St.,
Fredericton, NB
E3B 4A9
Canada
Tel: 506 458-8747
Email: forest@conservationcouncil.ca
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