Our successes

2012

NS government recommends two new wilderness areas to protect Chignecto, totalling 25,000 hectares
NS government moves to expand nine existing protected wilderness areas
Federal government announces St. Anns Bank, off the coast of Cape Breton, as an Area of Interest for a future marine protected area
Nova Scotia government releases proposal to significantly expand system of protected areas in the province, to protect an additional 189,000 hectares of land
Federal government and Nova Scotia government sign park establishment agreement to create Sable Island National Park Reserve
Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area officially established
$23.75 million in funding committed by NS government to acquire high conservation value lands from Bowater Mersey
$6.5 million in funding committed by NS government for Nova Scotia Environment to purchase lands for conservation

Sable Island chosen to become Canada's newest national park
NS government purchases 56,000 hectares of private land owned by several forest companies, mostly for conservation
NS government commits to reducing clearcutting by 50% in 5-years and banning whole-tree harvesting
Parks Canada initiates Bay of Fundy study to identify potential conservation sites for a National Marine Conservation Area
New offshore marine protectedarea promised for Eastern Scotian Shelf

Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area officially estabished
Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area officially established
Shelburne River Wilderness Area officially established
Colin Stewart Forest Forum negotiations completed with recommendations for new protected areas
Commitment by NS government to establish a "large" new protected wilderness area at Chignecto
Commitment to by NS government to establish the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area

Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area established on public lands owned by the Town of Amherst
Nova Scotia Crown Share Land Legacy Trust established to help land trusts purchase high conservation value private lands
Five new nature reserves established in southwestern Nova Scotia
NS government commits to establishing a new nature reserve on the West Branch of the St. Mary's River at Hemlock Falls

NS government commits to protecting Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes as a protected wilderness area
New legislation introduced to expand the protected areas system in Nova Scotia
NS government purchases 10,000 hectares of private land owned by Bowater for conservation purposes
Blandford Nature Reserve established
Agreement reached to protect Ship Harbour Long Lake as a protected wilderness area
Whites Point mega-quarry and marine terminal proposal for Digby Neck and Islands rejected by Federal and Provincial governments
NS government commits to establishing the Shelburne River Wilderness Area