EcoNews — Forestry in New Brunswick Needs to Change
Our EcoNews newsletter for June, covering the Standing Committee meetings this week to examine glyphosate use in our woods.
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Wetlands
We Don’t Need to Trade Healthy Forests for Wood and Jobs
New Brunswick’s approach to managing its forests, built around large-scale clearcuts and herbicide spraying, is driving a significant decline in the diversity of life found in our woods—but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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“Not the time for small goals”: Corbett calls for major forest management reform at Standing Committee meeting on glyphosate use
Lois Corbett told MLAs on the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship today that they need to stand with citizens and scientists in calling for an end to glyphosate use in the Crown forest.
“Not the time for small goals”: Corbett calls for major forest management reform at Standing Committee meeting on glyphosate use
Lois Corbett told MLAs on the Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship today that they need to stand with citizens and scientists in calling for an end to glyphosate use in the Crown forest.
EcoNews — It’s Time for a Wetland Protection Law
Our newsletter for May 27 covering our call for stronger wetland protections, swift action on species at risk, glyphosate news, and more.
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Top conservation groups call for long overdue laws and regulations to better protect New Brunswick’s wetlands
New Brunswick’s leading conservation groups are calling for new laws and regulations to protect wetlands in the wake of the tragic draining of the wetland at Ferris Street Forest and Wetland Nature Preserve in Fredericton.
Clean water should be top priority
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EcoNews — Where our forest is being sprayed this summer
In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you the online map, recently released by government and the forestry industry, showing where our Crown forest will be sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides, and we welcome you to use our letter-writing tool to let your MLA know you want this unnecessary practice to stop; we give you one
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“It’s important to have everyone involved”: Corbett calls for consultation before Sisson extension
Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to CBC New Brunswick about the long-delayed Sisson Mine proposal on July 24. As the CBC’s Bob Jones put it: It’s been a tough year for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company behind a long delayed tungsten and molybdenum mine development known as the Sisson project in central New Brunswick. Its
EcoNews — Protecting wild salmon, a new way to give back, and inspiration for getting to #BetterThanNormal
In this edition of EcoNews, our Fundy Baykeeper joins other leading ENGOs and fisheries associations in N.B. to call for a full Environmental Impact Assessment as a salmon farming company looks to expand its operations in the Bay of Fundy; our Executive Director shares with you her top webinar picks of the first 100+ days