Our Executive Director Lois Corbett busted out the red ink and had some fun with the Throne Speech delivered yesterday in the Legislature. Read it here. Make sure you scroll all the way through, it really gets going around Page 10… Oh, and here’s a link to our official response to yesterday’s speech. 🙂
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FREDERICTON — A broad range of public interest groups and experts in New Brunswick says new legislation is needed to ensure our public forests are being managed to meet the needs of all New Brunswickers. The group, which includes representatives from wildlife organizations, the scientific community, private woodlot owners, environmental and conservation organizations, is calling
For immediate release: 12:00pm (Atlantic), Wed., Nov. 25, 2015 When: Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 at 11 a.m. Where: St. Croix Room, Crowne Plaza Fredericton, 659 Queen St., Fredericton Who: Rick Doucet, New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners; Rod Currie, New Brunswick Wildlife Federation; Peter Cronin, NB Salmon Council; Lois Corbett, Conservation Council of New Brunswick; Roberta Clowater,
This commentary was written by CCNB Science Advisor Inka Milewski and originally appeared in the Nov. 12, 2015 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. It later appeared in the Nov. 24 edition of The Northern Light. With catch restrictions placed on salmon anglers, thousands of volunteer hours dedicated to river and stream enhancement projects, millions
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On Wednesday, Sept. 23 the Conservation Council submitted a questionnaire to all candidates in each of New Brunswick’s 10 federal ridings. The questionnaire asked candidates to state their position on a range of environmental, health, climate and energy issues. The results from participants are below. Candidates from all parties were given the same time to complete
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We want to help you cast a ballot for the environment this October 19. All around the world, leaders are stepping up: U.S. President Barack Obama wants climate change action to be his legacy; world governments meet in Paris later this year to determine concrete national actions; and Pope Francis has made climate action
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Today is National Tree Day, an opportunity to reflect on our beautiful Acadian Forest, home to woodland critters like the snowshoe hare, little brown bat and the nocturnal northern flying squirrel! But while today is an occasion to celebrate, it’s also a chance for us to reflect on the changes many of us notice happening in the
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FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, Acting Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement to mark National Tree Day, Sept. 23, 2015: We think it’s fitting that National Tree Day should happen during the time of year when the leaves begin changing to paint our parks, forests and communities a beautiful
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Welcome to the online edition of EcoAlert, New Brunswick’s Environmental Magazine. EcoAlert is the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s membership magazine. It brings you environmental news, exciting stories of positive change happening in our communities, and important action alerts from across our province. We share stories of the work we’re doing in our program areas – including
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On Tuesday, June 23, Auditor General Kim MacPherson released Volume II of her 2015 Auditor General Report, which included two chapters related to forest management. Read the full report, or check out our response. Below are some highlights and key findings from the report as well as quotable quotes pulled from the document and the
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