The University of New Brunswick is defending a decision to trap and kill 24 beavers on its woodlot two years ago. A group planning a protest in front of the school gates this morning is calling on the university to commit not to kill any more of the animals and to conduct a comprehensive environmental [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Beaver kill comes back to haunt university
Posted in Beavers on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UNB DEFIES EMBLEM BEAVERS
Posted in Beavers on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fredericton Citizens Protest University’s Killing of Beavers Using Body-Gripping Conibear Traps The University of New Brunswick slates over 1500 acres of its forested wetlands for development and uses a device banned in several parts of the world to rid the area of beavers. Fredericton, N.B., Canada June 25, 2008 – A group [...]
UNB– Making a Significant Difference?
Posted in UNB on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Carla Gunn June 1, 2008 As an institute of higher learning, the University of New Brunswick has a number of social responsibilities which are reflected in its mission statement. This essay explores how this very statement, along with the UNB slogan, code of conduct and research generated by its own faculty are all inconsistent [...]
Loss of woodlot would be trouble for Fredericton
Posted in Green Space, Wetlands on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Monika Stelzl, Fredericton June 16, 2008 Recently, UNB’s board of governors approved a plan to develop 1,500 acres of the UNB woodlot, a complex ecosystem which is home to many species. What the social and environmental consequences of this will be is anyone’s guess. However, a municipal-plan document from 1989 states that the woodlot [...]
UNB Woodlot Picnic – June 1, 2008
Posted in Action!, Events on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flowers in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Species on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Frog in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Species on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Herons in the UNB Woodlot, June 1, 2008
Posted in Wetlands on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UNB Woodlot Picnic, June 1, 2008
Posted in Action!, Events on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Corbett Marsh, June 1, 2008
Posted in Wetlands on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
