Archive for the ‘Green Space’ Category
UNB Woodlot in the Fall 2010
Posted in Green Space, UNB, Wetlands on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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Enjoy your wholesale super packs of chewing gum
Posted in Big Box Stores, Green Space on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Friday December 26th, 2008 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/522234 Re: Story published Dec. 11 called Costco variances approved I am absolutely sickened by the news regarding the building of a Costco store on the University of New Brunswick Woodlot. What a sad and pathetic sight it is to now see paved roads, parking lots, and [...]
Confused by development
Posted in Big Box Stores, Green Space, Wetlands on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to the Editor, The Daily Gleaner Published Monday December 15th, 2008 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/512222 Re: UNB woodlot development At a time when climate change has finally been recognized as the world’s number one threat to survival, it is hard to understand how anyone can support plans to develop UNB’s woodlot. We need those trees. We need [...]
Stop developing UNB woodlot
Posted in Green Space on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHAEL MCCAFFREY NDP Candidate New Maryland-Sudbury-West As a concerned citizen and a supporter of Fredericton’s “Green Matters” campaign, I am greatly disturbed by the rapid development that has already destroyed acres of UNB’s prided woodlot, and that has been given the OK to continue to destroy this environmental landmark as time goes on. The UNB [...]
ConneXions: Let’s Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
Posted in Green Space on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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
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 Matters” campaign. [...]
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 [...]
