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Proposed Sackville River Wilderness Area Addition – Spending Time At Feely Lake
Morning calm beside Feely Lake, within proposed Sackville River Wilderness Area Addition [Learn more]
TAKE ACTION: Nova Scotia is about to miss a crucial protected areas target.
This is the last possible moment for Nova Scotia to meet an important protected areas commitment. We are deeply concerned the provincial government is going to miss it, resulting in the money being sent back to the federal government. [Learn more]
High conservation value areas identified in the marine environment off Nova Scotia
KJIPUKTUK / HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS) welcomes today’s public release by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) of the draft Marine Conservation Network Plan for the Scotian Shelf – Bay of Fundy Bioregion. This draft plan identifies areas of high importance for conservation within the Scotian [Learn more]
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Proposed Sackville River Wilderness Area Addition – Spending Time At Feely Lake
Morning calm beside Feely Lake, within proposed Sackville River Wilderness Area Addition [Learn more]
TAKE ACTION: Nova Scotia is about to miss a crucial protected areas target.
This is the last possible moment for Nova Scotia to meet an important protected areas commitment. We are deeply concerned the provincial government is going to miss it, resulting in the money being sent back to the federal government. [Learn more]
Three Nova Scotian islands designated as National Wildlife Areas
By: Madie Stewart When I started working for CPAWS-NS in the summer of 2023, one of my first tasks was to write a submission in support of the amendments to the Wildlife Area Regulations to designate three islands as National Wildlife Areas. I was fresh into the role of a conservation campaigner, and I was nervous [Learn more]
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CPAWS Nova Scotia conducted snorkelling fieldwork in West Mabou Beach Provincial Park to collect data about the marine biodiversity of the area. See the report below!