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Conservation Council’s recommendations for a strong water strategy

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Kaleigh Holder

The Conservation Council has submitted comments on the Department of Environment and Local Government’s draft water strategy, A Water Strategy for New Brunswick 2018-2028. Following the release of the draft water strategy, we created a free toolkit and prewritten letter to help the public and supporting groups respond to the government’s call for public comments. […]

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EcoNews — Strong water protection & a glyphosate-free forest

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we make it easy for you to have your say on a strong, comprehensive water protection strategy for New Brunswick just before the upcoming deadline for public comments; we share an interview with a retired government research scientist who is raising concern about the long term health risks of glyphosate,

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Read the debate over the motion on glyphosate spraying in NB

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

On Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, elected officials in New Brunswick’s Legislative Assembly debated a motion about the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides in the province’s Crown forest. The motion, brought forward by Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore (PC), called for the formation of a working group made of government departments and outside stakeholders to look at the

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New book features Upper Miramichi’s dream for a community forest

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

“Deep in the heart of the New Brunswick forest in a place where a mighty river flows is a dream of a community forest,” opens the chapter by the Conservation Council’s Tracy Glynn about the efforts by Upper Miramichi residents in a new book on community forests in Canada. Growing Community Forests, edited by Ryan

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Dr. Vrain talks longterm health impacts of glyphosate with CBC

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Dr. Thierry Vrain, a molecular biologist and retired federal government research scientist, wrapped up his week of public presentations about glyphosate spraying in New Brunswick by talking about the controversial herbicide with CBC Information Morning host Terry Seguin on Monday, Nov. 6. Dr. Vrain presented research showing the unacceptable long-term health risks of glyphosate spraying

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Have you sent your #stopspraying letter yet?

CCNB Blog, Feature / Jon MacNeill

The letters are working! MLAs Ross Wetmore and Jeff Carr talked about glyphosate spraying at the Legislature last week, and today, our elected officials debated a motion concerning herbicide spraying in the Legislative Assembly. Let’s keep the momentum going! We’ve made it easy for you to write your MLA to ask them to stop the spraying of

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EcoNews – Protecting water, petitions, wind power, & open-pit pollution

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you the latest number of New Brunswickers calling for an end to the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides in our forest (teaser: it’s a big number); our Tracy Glynn talks to reporters about the need for modern forest management in the face of climate change; we bring you news

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Glynn urges new forest management model after federal report shows significant changes coming with climate change

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation / Leah Meyer

Our Forest Campaign Director, Tracy Glynn, told the Canadian Press on Friday, Oct. 27 that New Brunswick should look at new models for managing our public forest in light of a new federal study investigating changes likely to occur in the Maritimes’ Acadian forest as a result of climate change. The Natural Resources Canada study

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EcoNews — Fantastic events to fill up your fall

CCNB Blog, EcoNews, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

Could it get any busier in September? This edition of EcoNews is all about fantastic events to fill up your fall. Check out all of our great 5 Days for the Forest festival activities coming up next week to showcase and celebrate New Brunswick’s diverse mixed-wood Acadian forest, including our marquis OMISTA Chews & Brews

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September EcoNews: All about spray, schools and salmon

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we show you which communities’ drinking water supply zones are being sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides; bring you an update on Petitcodiac residents’ quest to end the controversial spraying in their region; give you a rundown of Cooke Aquaculture’s recent massive salmon farm failure; bring you our reaction to the latest

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