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- Publié par : Vanessa Roy-McDougall
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We’re excited to announce the #MyNatureNB contest in partnership with Canada 150! Celebrate New Brunswick nature and have the chance to win awesome prizes! Grand prize is Whale Watching for two in beautiful, scenic St. Andrews, NB. Top 5 winners will receive outdoor adventure prize packs and weekly winners will receive our Canada 150 seed pods! Between June 1st and June 30th, 2017, you have the opportunity to share your special place or activity that connects you with nature. Whether it’s exploring your family’s wood lot or walking your dog in Cape Tormentine, we want to hear your story. It’s that easy! Make sure you hashtag #MyNatureNB to be entered!
Visit mynaturenb.ca for full contest details
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Nous sommes excités d’annoncer le concours #MaNatureNB en partenariat avec Canada 150! Célébrez la nature du Nouveau-Brunswick et courrez la chance de gagner des prix superbes! Le grand prix est une sortie d’observation de baleines pour deux dans la région magnifique et pittoresque de St Andrews, N.-B. Les premiers 5 gagnants recevront des ensembles de prix pour les aventures en plein air et les gagnants hebdomadaires recevront nos capsules de graines Canada 150! Entre le 1er juin et le 30 juin 2017, vous aurez la chance de partager votre endroit spécial ou l’activité qui vous relie à la nature. Que ce soit explorer le terrain de votre famille ou promener votre chien à Cap Tormentine, nous voulons entendre votre histoire. C’est si simple! Assurez-vous d’utiliser le hashtag #MaNatureNB afin d’être entré au concours!
Visite manaturenb.ca pour les détailes de concours complets.
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- Publié par : Corey Robichaud
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Media Advisory: Fundy Baykeeper honoured tonight by Atlantic Salmon Federation
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 — Fredericton
Attention news editors: The Fundy Baykeeper, a program of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, receives the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s top national honour, the T.B. “Happy” Fraser Award, during a gala ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews tonight. Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper since 2011, accepts the award.
The Fundy Baykeeper, the flagship program of the Conservation Council’s Marine Conservation Program, was selected for its longstanding commitment to the ecosystems of the Bay of Fundy, where wild Atlantic Salmon are on life support, and its decades-long work to protect New Brunswick’s coastal environments from pollution.
“Our coastlines in New Brunswick are true treasures,” says Abbott. “From the sprawling tides of the Bay of Fundy, to the warm ocean waters at Parlee Beach, our work to protect these spaces is all about consistency, dedication, and the commitment of our team to achieve results over time.”
Matt Abbott is available for media interviews upon request.
To arrange an interview, contact:
Jon MacNeill
Communications Director
506-458-8747 (w) | 506-238-3539 (m)
[email protected]
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- Publié par : Corey Robichaud
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MEDIA RELEASE
Conservation Council welcomes investments to protect
health of people and ecosystem at Parlee Beach
Fredericton, May 5, 2017 — Today, the provincial government announced infrastructure investments and restrictions on new development specific to the Parlee Beach area. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement.
“Today’s announcement is an important step to protect the health of our treasured Parlee Beach ecosystem and the families who swim and play there.
These investments, coupled with better impact assessment for new developments, including campgrounds, should speed up the repair of this valued beach ecosystem. Better sewage treatment, combined with smart education programs, will reduce harmful bacteria that can pollute our coast and jeopardize human health. Keeping our bays and beaches clean always pays off for our coastal economies.
Pollution from near shore developments on the Northumberland Strait, like campgrounds and roads, won’t be solved by today’s announcement. The Conservation Council encourages the Minister of Environment to move the coastal zone protection policy from being a paper document to a regulation under the Clean Water Act, and to classify important bay areas to protect their health, like they currently do in Maine. Putting in place a comprehensive land use policy and much wider wetland and salt marsh buffer zones for the entire Northumberland Strait region would further safeguard public and environmental health.
Projects we will monitor closely with respect to Parlee Beach water quality include the cumulative effects assessment and protocols development (which will study the impact of the total pollution going into Shediac Bay, not just pollution from individual projects), and an independent ground survey of local wetlands to improve our understanding of their size and the ecological services these critical spaces provide.”
In April, the Conservation Council welcomed the provincial government’s decision to use Health Canada’s technical and science-based guidelines for beach water safety at Parlee Beach. The protocol includes daily water quality testing, seven days a week, with all monitoring results and public health advisories posted online for easy public access.
The province announced rules for notifying the public about water quality test results after it was revealed that high levels of fecal contamination in the water at Parlee Beach, including E. coli, went unreported for the past three summers.
Escherichia coli (abbreviated as E. coli) is bacteria found in the environment, foods, and intestines of people and animals. Although most strains of E. coli are harmless, others can make you sick and can cause kidney failure, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia. When we discover E. coli in water, it usually has come from sewage runoffs, and animal faecal matter. That’s why health officials all over the world carefully monitor E. Coli and its different strains.
Health Canada has set safe limits for E. Coli in drinking water and E. coli in recreational waters. The number of faecal bacteria considered unsafe for recreational swimming varies depending on whether the bacteria is found in freshwater or saltwater. If tests find more than an average of 35 for every 100 millilitres (just a wee bit less than 1/2 cup), it is declared unsafe for all and the beach is closed.
To arrange an interview, contact:
Jon MacNeill
Communications Director
Conservation Council of New Brunswick
506-458-8747 | 506-238-3539
[email protected]
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April 5, 2017
FREDERICTON – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, made the following comments in response to the provincial government’s announcement today about new rules and procedures for reporting water quality at Parlee Beach:
“It’s a smart protocol, one that will increase health protection. Deciding to use Health Canada’s technical and science-based guidelines for beach water safety is the right decision.”
“Testing the health of the water every day, seven days a week, when the beach is open, will provide our citizens, our local businesses, and our visitors with clear information — Minister Rousselle gave us exactly what we needed. ”
“And now that the testing, reporting and public communications issues have been resolved, we can next move more quickly to stop the pollution that contaminates the water.”
“That step is very important and will require both stopping harmful practices like filling in wetlands and salt marshes, and reducing human and animal waste — the main source of the health threats to swimmers. We need to attack all sources — whether it is business or farm runoff, the local sewage system, or private septic tanks and recreational boaters.”
“Reducing the sources of water pollution is something we all care about but, as individuals, and we sometimes feel we have little to contribute. Well, not this time. It’s all hands on deck to fix the problem and continue to make this beach, and others, a destination of choice.”
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Le film documentaire, Toute espèce vivante ‒ Vivre l’expérience d’un bioblitz , vous fera découvrir un parcours étonnant qui illustrera quatre semaines passées au cours de deux étés à explorer tous les aspects de la nature – les poissons, les insectes, les plantes, les champignons, les reptiles, les amphibiens et les mammifères – qui vivent au Nouveau-Brunswick dans notre propre zone naturelle protégée du Grand Lac. (Veuillez noter que le film est en anglais avec les sous-titres en français.)
Célébrez la décennie des Nations unies sur la biodiversité – en accueillant une projection de ce film dans votre collectivité !
Contrairement à la téléréalité, ce film documentaire présente de véritables scientifiques qui parlent des vrais enjeux qui affectent de vraies personnes qui vivent dans de réelles collectivités.
Toute espèce vivante a été produit par une compagnie basée au NB, Flower Power Production, en collaboration avec le programme BiotaNB du Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick. BiotaNB est un projet de recherche de 20 années pour identifier et cataloguer plusieurs espèces du Nouveau-Brunswick, avant que l’intrusion humaine et les changements climatiques s’intensifient. Le RENB en partenariat avec Flower Power Production pour promouvoir les visionnements de ce film dans les collectivités partout au Canada.
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- Publié par : Falls Brook Centre
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