March 4, 2009 To: President John McLaughlin, University of New Brunswick Stephen Strople, UNB Board of Governors Roland Haché, Minister of Environment Fredericton City Council Media The UNB Woodlot, located on unceded Wulustuk land, is over 3,500 acres of woods, wetlands and wildlife, home to mature forest, herons and lady slippers. Many residents of Fredericton [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Letter Reaffirming Call for Moratorium
Posted in Action!, Forest Research, UNB, Wetlands on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Company ticketed for digging without a permit
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wetland | Conservation group says sometimes the damage can’t be fixed By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN, The Daily Gleaner, Published Friday February 27th, 2009 A ticket has been issued by the province to a company that dug into the wetland area adjacent to Wayne Squibb Boulevard at the University of New Brunswick’s Corbett Centre without the proper [...]
Comments on Costco Development
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jacques Whitford 711 Woodstock Road Fredericton, NB E3B 5C2 February 25, 2009 Re: Costco development Dear Ms. Murdoch, On behalf of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, I am writing to point out that the proposed Costco development in the UNB woodlot is short-sighted and potentially very dangerous. The proposed gas bar must trigger a [...]
What’s been happening
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, UNB on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Monday February 23, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/581297 * Internal and external consultation sessions to prepare UNB’s land management strategy and woodlot implementation plan, 2001-2004 * Information sessions on the woodlot implementation plan held for UNB community, stakeholder groups, media and the general public, October 2004 * Municipal plan amendment, public process, 2004 * [...]
Environmentalists, developers at odds over site
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Monday February 23rd, 2009 For environmentalists, there’s no compromise. The University of New Brunswick wetland atop Regent Street should remain pristine and wild. Picture: PLANS: Revised version of the proposed site for Costco wholesale store, planned for the Corbett Centre development at the top of Regent Street. For the University of [...]
Problems in St. John’s mirror what’s in store for Fredericton
Posted in Smart Growth, UNB, Wetlands on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BODY {font-family=”Arial”} TT {font-family=”Courier New”} BLOCKQUOTE.CITE {padding-left:0.5em; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; border-left:”solid 2″;} SPAN.TABOOHEADER {display=none} The Daily Gleaner, Published Tuesday March 10th, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/597809 Re: UNB Woodlot development I live in St. John’s, Newfoundland, but I grew up in New Brunswick and went to the University of New Brunswick for a couple of years. I [...]
Hypocrisy at the woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Forest Research, Green Space, Public Consultation, Road, Species, UNB, Wetlands on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BODY {font-family=”Arial”} TT {font-family=”Courier New”} BLOCKQUOTE.CITE {padding-left:0.5em; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; border-left:”solid 2″;} SPAN.TABOOHEADER {display=none} March 10th, 2009 By GRAHAM FORBES, For The Daily Gleaner http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/597808 To some, the University of New Brunswick woodlot represents recreation, green space, quality of life and ecological services. Photo: REPLACING TREES: New stores at the Corbett Centre can be [...]
