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When you go out in the woods today…

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

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Resilience by nature

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Hannah Moore

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Hitting N.B.’s land and water protection goals” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_cta h2=”Election 2018: Ask candidates in your riding…” h2_font_container=”font_size:30″ h2_google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” color=”white” use_custom_fonts_h2=”true” use_custom_fonts_h4=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1536680636485{background-color: #abd68d !important;}”]Will you commit to protecting at least 10 per cent of land and water in New Brunswick by 2020, including increases to buffer zones along our rivers and streams, and protecting

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Report calling for ecological forestry in Nova Scotia offers roadmap for better forest management in N.B.

CCNB Blog / Hannah Moore

A major review of forestry in Nova Scotia offers a blueprint for developing an ‘ecological forestry plan’ in the Bluenose Province — and containing many a lesson for New Brunswick’s old-fashioned approach to forest management. The report, carried out by University of King’s College president Bill Lahey and presented to the provincial government last week,

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EcoNews — Herbicide spraying near your favourite NB lake, new forest conservation areas, and a good day for bees and butterflies

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we break down the 2018 herbicide spray map to identify the spraying hotspots near popular New Brunswick lakes this summer; we take a closer look at the provincial government’s announcement about changes to Crown forest management in New Brunswick; we celebrate a proposal to get rid of bee-killing pesticides in

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Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”139434″ img_size=”700 x 400″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2018 is now available. Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning in July and continued through August. The full 2018

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Conservation Council welcomes plan to protect more Crown forest lands, but calls lack of action on herbicide spraying a missed opportunity

Feature, Forest Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to today’s announcement about changes to Crown forest management in New Brunswick. She is available for interviews. “The moves announced today to set aside important natural habitat and better protect rivers and streams in our forests is a win for our organization,

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Tune in for weekly conversations about our upcoming book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, Volume 2

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation / Hannah Moore

Retired New Brunswick forester David Palmer will be speaking on CBC’s Information Morning over the next few weeks to talk about our new edition of the book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, Volume 2! Published in 1987 by the Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick, the original book set out to capture the beauty

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Corbett calls for Fredericton tree bylaw, Officers’ Square restart

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Hannah Moore

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told reporters this week that Fredericton city council needs to scrap its controversial plan to overhaul Officers’ Square and start the process from scratch. She also called on the city to create a new tree bylaw to prevent a similar fiasco from happening again. Corbett spoke with Terry Seguin of

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EcoNews — Herbicide spray season starts, ‘mystery product’ from Irving Oil, and three cheers for Learning Outside

EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, an oil refinery product is released into a Saint John neighbourhood and Irving Oil won’t say what it was; we bring you the first areas slated to be sprayed with herbicides in New Brunswick this summer; share the highlights from this week’s public meeting about the controversial Officers’ Square revitalization in

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“Cities around the world will grow around a tree”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Hannah Moore

More than 200 people gathered in Fredericton on Tuesday night for a public meeting to address the city’s proposed ‘revitalization’ of Officers’ Square. The plan — which includes cutting down 19 mature trees, including a century-old elm – has received backlash from the public. A petition calling for all work to halt, and for the

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