Archive for the ‘Wetlands’ Category
UNB Woodlot in the Fall 2010
Posted in Green Space, UNB, Wetlands on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ongoing protests point out lack of wetland protection in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Action!, Big Box Stores, Wetlands on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About 20 people holding signs in support of saving Fredericton’s UNB Woodlot lined Regent Street in front of the future site of a Costco store over the noon hour today. The action, organized by the Friends of the UNB Woodlot, was meant to draw attention to the infringement of the 80-metre buffer zone of a [...]
How far away should the Costo be from Corbett Marsh?
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photos: Charles LeBlanc. Note from a participant: It turned out that 80 metres from ‘wetland 2′ on the side of Corbett Place, put us on the entrance to Home Depot! We also measured an 80 m buffer from Corbett Brook. I had to wade through a wetland to mark this buffer off (cat tails, sphagnum [...]
UNB ignoring woodlot promise – student
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jennifer Dunville for the Daily Gleaner, Published Saturday October 24th, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/834635
Taking a stand for wetlands in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Action!, Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, October 26 at noon about thirty people gathered at the Corbett Brook Marsh in the UNB Woodlot to participate in a taping-off event called “Taking a Stand for the UNB Woodlot Wetland.” Friends of the UNB Woodlot members measured 80 metres from Corbett Brook Marsh and marked the area with pink ribbon. Read [...]
Beaver killed trying to cross road – June 2009
Posted in Beavers, Wetlands on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A large beaver was killed sometime in mid June while trying to cross Regent Street from the Larch Swale to Corbett Brook/Marsh area.
Fredericton Chapter of Conservation Council concerned with process to approve Costco in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, UNB, Wetlands on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conservation Council of New Brunswick Fredericton Chapter For Immediate Release April 29, 2009 Fredericton – The Fredericton Chapter of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick is joining those concerned with the way that Fredericton City Council handled the approvals needed to build a Costco in the UNB Woodlot. “We are concerned with the lack of [...]
Fredericton council hears opposition to proposed Costco gas bar, parking lot plan
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, Wetlands on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/04/15/nb-fredericton-costco-125.html The addition of a gas bar and a parking lot expansion on the proposed Costco site caused close to 100 people to turn out to a Fredericton city council meeting on Tuesday night. Eleven people spoke against the proposed expansion at the Costco site at the [...]
Costco opponents make last stand
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, Wetlands on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
City to conduct vote April 27 A1, Published Wednesday April 15th, 2009 By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/635690 Move it to another location. Don’t build a gasoline bar. Don’t build any kind of big-box store. Put a moratorium on any further development of the University of New Brunswick woodlot. That’s what the 38 environmental groups and [...]
Have your say about Costco in the UNB Woodlot Tonight!
Posted in Action!, Big Box Stores, Wetlands on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The public presentations to Fredericton City Council will take place tonight starting at 7:30 PM. Anyone can speak. You simply have to show up and ask to speak. To get to the Council chamber, you walk up the front steps of CIty Hall that face Queen Street. Once inside, you turn right and go [...]
