FREDERICTON — Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the Ombudsman of New Brunswick’s report on the Department of Environment’s management of the Water Classification Program. The report provided evidence showing the department and successive government ministers intentionally failed to enforce the program for more than a decade. The Water Classification Program was introduced in 2002 […]
Roughly 50 people joined our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott on Saturday, July 18 for the annual Musquash Paddle. Overcast skies provided the perfect conditions for a trek through the stunning flora, friendly wildlife, historic wrecks, and beautifully-preserved salt marsh of the Bay of Fundy’s Musquash Estuary. As always, the event attracted many return paddlers along with a
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On July 16, we — Olivia, Aliza and Karyn — travelled out to visit the Nashwaak watershed and learn more about the Conservation Council’s Freshwater Protection Program. We’d all been enjoying our summer so far at Conserver House, but we were excited for our first work adventure out of the office — a day on
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The Auditor General of New Brunswick says 80 per cent of all the wood cut from Crown forests in the past two decades have been harvested by clear cut. “Clearcut is running consistently around 80%, whereas in the area of selective or partial cut, there is a decline from 20% to roughly 10% in more
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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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Scott Kidd of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Board of Directors made a presentation during the public meeting on the proposed Sisson Mine on Monday, June 22. Speaking on behalf of CCNB, Kidd told an indepdent panel established by the provincial government that Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company behind the mine proposal, had filed
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Living in New Brunswick, there is no way around it — we owe so many of our good, most cherished moments to our water. Think of rock-skipping competitions with yours friends by the brook growing up. Or navigating narrow trails to cast a few lines at your town’s prized fishing hole. Remember pond hockey in
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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick appeared in several media outlets following the deadline for groups and individuals to apply to participate in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. Our Executive Director Lois Corbett and Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott appeared in a March 4 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Read
Our Freshwater Protection Program coordinator, Stephanie Merrill, was quoted in a March 3 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about the future of shale gas development in the province. The article looked at the possibility of government extending the exploration licence of SWN Resources, a company that has licenses to explore roughly one seventh of
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The newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle published an article on March 2 listing several of the individuals and groups from New Brunswick who applied to participate in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. The Conservation Council was included in the list. CCNB applied for intervenor status and for funding which will be
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