In light of Fredericton’s loudly publicised goal to be the first city in Canada to reach the Kyoto protocol, and its self-proclaimed title as a “Green City”, it seems ironic that Fredericton is participating in the destruction of the UNB Woodlot, that it continues to support development of sprawl, and that Lee Breen was jailed [...]
Archive for July, 2008
ConneXions: Let’s Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
Posted in Green Space on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Province orders developer to restore area near wetland
Posted in Green Space, Wetlands on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 25th, 2008. A Fredericton company charged with violating the Clean Water Act in March has been ordered to rehabilitate land it has filled in on Bishop Drive.
Read more: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/365260
Conservationists question why work continues at Fredericton bog
Posted in Green Space, Wetlands on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 24, 2008 at CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/07/24/nb-bog.html
WOODLOT Walk, Run, or Ride
Posted in Action!, Events on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Join us every Sunday afternoon at 2pm to enjoy UNB’s Woodlot. Interested people can meet up at the parking area across from the Hugh John Fleming Forestry Complex. Just turn into the Forestry Complex street at the intersection of the Regent Mall, and you will see the gravel parking area to your [...]
City dropping the ball on UNB Woodlot
Posted in Green Space on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 18, 2008
Recently, Mayor Brad Woodside stated that he will not pressure the University of New Brunswick to conduct a comprehensive environmental assessment of its woodlot – 1,500 acres of which is slated for development over the coming years.
This was surprising to me in light of the city’s newly launched “Green [...]
UNB Woodlot development is shameful
Posted in Species, UNB, Wetlands on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 17th, 2008
As a UNB alumnus, I’m embarrassed.
In a time of environmental crisis and despite being a public institute in a province whose public believes environmental concerns trump economic ones, UNB’s board of governors has approved a plan to parcel off 50 per cent (over 1,500 acres) of the UNB woodlot.
This is [...]
Canada Day Parade 2008
Posted in Action!, Beavers, Events on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photos by Charles LeBlanc.
Who speaks for the beavers?
Posted in Beavers, Green Space on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who speaks for the beavers?
Published Thursday July 3rd, 2008
Chris McCormick
CRIME MATTERS
The Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/343622
After development began, nesting trees were felled throughout the fall and spring during wildfowl migration. Contractors were hired to clear the land and large numbers of white tailed deer were driven onto nearby roadways and killed.
“Hundreds of burrowing mammals including [...]
Beavers sacrificed for sake of so-called progress
Posted in Beavers on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jon Collicot, July 1st, 2008
I read your front-page article June 27 entitled “Beaver kill comes back to haunt university” and was shocked. In the article, University of New Brunswick spokespeople describe how 24 beavers were trapped and killed for the sake of keeping a few woodlot roads free from water.
When questioned about [...]
