(Fredericton) – Le 16 février, Roberta Clowater, Directrice générale de la section néo-brunswickoise de la SNAP, présenté une liste de noms au Premier ministre Alward, à l’Edifice du Centenaire ; une liste des noms de plus de 10 000 Canadiens et Canadiennes qui lui demandent de protéger au moins 10 % du dernier plus grand bassin versant sauvage de la province. La présentation de ce message de la SNAP aura lieu juste avant, et pour coïncider avec, l’aboutissement d’un nouveau plan pour les terres publiques (de la Couronne) par le Ministère des Ressources Naturelles du Nouveau-Brunswick. « Ce fut une inspiration pour…

(Fredericton) – On February 16, CPAWS New Brunswick Chapter Executive Director, Roberta Clowater, 

The residences at St. Thomas University are taking part in the Water Conservation Challenge from January 30 to March 2! To win the challenge each house must try to bring down their water consumption from week to week. The prize for the house with the overall best ranking at the end of the challenge will win $500 and second place wins $250. Check out the blog for more information: http://waterconservationchallenge.blogspot.com/

How do you stimulate today’s youth to become stewards of natural areas?  Take a group of UNB Renaissance College students and have them invent a new way of placing New Brunswick’s nature preserves on the radar of young people.  The result is a program that draws on the visual arts, music and skill development to make a lasting difference to the Nature Trust of New Brunswick.   As part of their Community Problem Solving course at Renaissance College, students form partnerships with local organizations to work on projects within the community.  In addition to contributing to community success, students enhance…

  Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company Donates Ecologically Significant Island to the Nature Trust of New Brunswick   Blacks Harbour, NEW BRUNSWICK (January xx, 2012) – Southern Wolf Island, one of the most significant Islands in the Bay of Fundy, has been donated to The Nature Trust of New Brunswick by Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company.    Together with East Wolf, Green Rock, Spruce, and Flatpot Islands, Southern Wolf Island is included in the Wolves archipelago, located in the Bay of Fundy about 10 kilometres from Black’s Harbour.    An attraction for tourists and nature enthusiasts, the Bay of…

  Guest Speaker: Ally Manthorne Subject: The Chimney Swift and Maritimes Swiftwatch Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Church of the Nazarene, 21 Fieldcrest Ave., Moncton   Nature Moncton's guest for May 15 will be Ally (Allison) Manthorne, the Maritimes Swiftwatch coordinator located at the Bird Studies Canada office in Sackville. It is perfect timing to learn more about a very special bird that is joining us at the moment, unfortunately in reducing numbers as the years pass.   Chimney Swifts roost together in large groups during spring migration en route from South America. With the arrival…

Come see why this property is so important. http://forestsinternational.org/projects/conservation-of-working-lands/   Since early 2009, CFI has been working with organic farmers and sustainable woodlot owners Clark Philips and Susan Tyler, as well as the New Brunswick Community Land Trust (NBCLT), in order to develop a succession plan for a unique 650 acre farm and Acadian Forest woodlot called Whaelghinbran Farm. Clark (74) and Susan (72), have been farming organically and practicing ecological forestry on their woodlot for over 40 years. By carefully harvesting and marketing timber they have begun a process of restoration, working to achieve the health and diversity found…

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release                  December 8, 2011   N.B. Shale Gas Opposition Alliance Announces Text Message Action   New Brunswick’s anti-shale gas alliance consisting of twenty-eight community organizations is using social media to enable New Brunswickers to send a text message to our fifty-five MLAs denouncing shale gas mining and exploration in our province. Organizers say that with this Text Message Action Campaign ( http://nben.ca/en/get-involved/action-alerts/item/219-shale-gas-text-message-action ), additional public scrutiny will be focused on the Alward Government’s push for oil and gas corporations to explore and extract shale gas using hydraulic fracturing. The texting initiative was planned and conceived in partnership with the Council of…

DR. ANTHONY INGRAFFEA TO SPEAK IN MONCTON ON NOV.  30 AND IN HAMPTON ON DEC. 1. The following includes an excerpt from the Nov. 2011 issue of Scientific American, in The Truth About Fracking. Dr. Anthony Ingraffea will be presenting  in Moncton, November 30th at the Capitol Theatre and at Hampton High School on Thursday, Dec.  1st at 7:00 p.m.. He will explore myths and realities of large-scale development of unconventional natural gas resources.   On a local scale, these concern geological aspects and the resulting use of directional drilling, high-volume, slickwater,hydraulic fracturing, multi-well pad arrangements and the impacts of these…

PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release November 22, 2011  Shale Gas Protest Rally in Fredericton November 23rd  FREDERICTON NB ---- A rally at the Provincial Legislature will take place on November 23rd to protest unconventional shale gas development in New Brunswick. Citizens and community groups from throughout New Brunswick will converge on Fredericton on Wednesday, November 23rd at the opening session of the New Brunswick Legislature with their message to the Alward Government that the exploration and extraction of natural gas from shale using horizontal drilling in combination with slick water hydraulic fracturing will not be tolerated. Members of CUPE locals from throughout the…