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CPAWS welcomes land protection at Brigadoon
Published on Apr 28 2014 AYLESFORD LAKE – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes today’s announcement by the Nova Scotia government that it has purchased lands on Aylesford Lake adjacent to Brigadoon Village.Brigadoon is a non-profit recreational facility that delivers camp programming to children, youth, and families living with chronic illness, chronic conditions, or special [Learn more]
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A PROTECTED AREA IS NO PLACE FOR OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY
Published on May 03 2018 Recent, past and anticipated announcements If you have been reading the news related to oil and gas recently, you are probably feeling the same way as I imagine the rock crab featured in this blog post is. Discussion of oil and gas within protected areas resurfaced on April 5th, when the Canada [Learn more]
DIVING DEEP IN THE FUNDIAN CHANNEL- BROWNS BANK AREA OF INTEREST
Published on Apr 17 2018 In my previous blog post, I discussed a proposed marine protected area (MPA) for a unique archipelago along the Eastern Shore. At the same time that Eastern Shore Islands was announced, Fisheries and Oceans Canada also announced Fundian Channel- Browns Bank as an “Area of Interest” (AOI) for a future MPA. One of [Learn more]
EASTERN SHORE ISLANDS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING COASTAL PROTECTION THE RIGHT WAY
Published on Apr 03 2018 (Photo: Alisha Postma, divebuddies4life.com) As you’ve probably heard by now, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has just announced two areas of interest (AOI) for marine protected areas (MPAs) in the waters surrounding Nova Scotia. These include, Eastern Shore Islands and Fundian Channel- Browns Bank. Creating these MPAs is a crucial step for Canada to fulfill its [Learn more]
TWO NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREAS PROPOSED FOR NOVA SCOTIA
Published on Mar 22 2018 (Photo: Alisha Postma; divebuddies4life.com) Today is an exciting day for marine conservation! Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has just announced two “Areas of Interest” (AOIs) for future marine protected areas off the coast of Nova Scotia. The AOIs include the waters surrounding a unique archipelago of coastal islands, the Eastern Shore Islands and [Learn more]
MAKING WAVES IN MARINE PROTECTION
Published on Mar 09 2018 If your twitter feed is anything like mine, it is populated by ocean news and stories; some good and some bad. Media such as the video of a diver swimming through a cloud of plastic and debris in Bali or the heartbreaking news of the North Atlantic right whale being on the brink of extinction, [Learn more]