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2023 Hotspots for Herbicide Spraying in N.B.

Conservation Council of New Brunswick — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:18:37 +0000

The map showing where New Brunswick forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2023 is now available. Our team is poring over the map to help New Brunswickers identify the major spraying hotspots this summer. Stay tuned to this page for more maps showing spraying hotspots across the province and within our watersheds.

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Investigate glyphosate connection to mystery brain disease: Neurologist

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:59:16 +0000

The neurologist who first raised the possibility of a mysterious neurological disease in New Brunswick is now urging the federal government to test the environment for glyphosate, suspecting the widely-used herbicide is connected to the disease cluster in the Moncton and Acadian Peninsula areas.

What We’re Reading: Glyphosate, Nematodes and The Nervous System

Jon MacNeill — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:52:00 +0000

The body of evidence showing glyphosate’s potential negative effects on human health continues to grow.Two recent scientific studies show the chemical—the main active ingredient in herbicides used widely in New Brunswick—infiltrates the human brain and can affect an animal’s nervous system, respectively.One study, published this summer in Journal of Neuroinflammation…

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Glyphosate Spraying Up 30% On Crown Forest Since 2005

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:30:40 +0000

Think there is more herbicide spraying happening in your neck of the woods these days? If you live near Crown land, you’re right—by a significant margin.Glyphosate-based herbicide spraying on New Brunswick’s Crown forest is up 30 per cent compared to what was sprayed 17 years ago, according to data from the National Forestry Database and GeoNB.The biggest forestry companies are slated to spray 16…

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“I Am All For The Little Guy Being Able To Make A Living”

Olivia Bates — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:51:16 +0000

A private woodlot owner and lumber miller says the new Crown land stumpage rates announced last month will help smaller-scale operators like him make a better living from the woods.“The higher timber prices at the mills is far overdue and, if anything, should be increased more,” Sussex-based private contractor Adam Spinney recently told the Conservation Council.Last month…

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Monarchs Migrate To IUCN’s Endangered Red List

Olivia Bates — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:04:53 +0000

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature listed the iconic monarch butterfly as endangered globally on July 21, citing threats to its habitat from climate change, extreme weather and deforestation.The IUCN is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network made up of hundreds of members, government, non-government and indigenous peoples around the globe dedicated to…

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Send Your #StopSpraying Letter

Corey Robichaud — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:23:00 +0000

Use our letter-writing tool to tell your MLA, Premier Holt, Minister Lepage and all party leaders to ban the spraying of our forest. Our pre-written letter will get you started, but we encourage you to add your comments on spraying and large-scale clearcutting and how it has affected you.Want to help more? Share this campaign with friends and family to let them know you care or are concerned with…

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Top Environmental Groups Welcome First Step Toward Doubling Nature Protection in New Brunswick

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:05:00 +0000

Traditional Land of Wabanaki People/Fredericton – A coalition of five provincial environmental and conservation organizations—Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-New Brunswick Chapter, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Nature NB, the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, and the Fundy Biosphere Region—issued the following joint statement in response to the government of New Brunswick’s Nature…

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Three Strikes You’re Out! For Bayer

Lois Corbett — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:04:05 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused two bids brought by Bayer to appeal previous decisions that its glyphosate products like Roundup cause cancer. On June 27, the justices turned away a Bayer appeal, leaving in place a lower court decision upholding an $87 million judgment awarded in a lawsuit in California to Alberta and Alva Pilliod, who were diagnosed with cancer after spraying Roundup products…

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Long Distance Flyers To Elusive Lichen: Draft Regulations For Five Species Listed Under Species At Risk Act

Olivia Bates — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:11:00 +0000

Draft regulations for five new species have been listed under New Brunswick’s Species At Risk Act (SARA). Some of these species, such as the bohemian cuckoo bumble bee and the wrinkled shingled lichen (what a name!), are extremely rare in the province, while you may recognize the trademark song or the iconic, colourful wings of some of the others. We pored through the new species’ status reports…

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