Category Archives: For the Record

Candidate wilderness areas shown

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Dan Earle

  Proposed areas would protect 25,000 hectares By GEOFF BIRD Friday, Apr 22 – 4:55 AM The provincial government has moved one step closer to protecting the largest remaining patch of intact forest in Nova Scotia. Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau released … Continue reading →

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TREPA Executive Director hired

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dan Earle

John Sollows has been hired as Executive Director of TREPA. A biologist, with over 20 years of experience as an international environmental and fisheries consultant and a long dedication to the work of the organization, he was considered the perfect … Continue reading →

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EAC questions wetlands policy development

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dan Earle

Ecology centre: What about wetlands? By PAT LEE Staff Reporter (Halifax Chronicle Herald, February 10, 2011) Wetlands, like this one north of Kentville, are disappearing at an alarming rate and should be protected by a government wetland policy, say environmentalists. … Continue reading →

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ECA staff looks at forest biomass issue

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dan Earle

By JAMIE SIMPSON and RAYMOND PLOURDE Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Paul MacDonald, NewPage’s superintendent for Pictou County and St. Mary’s, talks about a proposed biomass project from a forest stand in Pictou County last July. (Christian Laforce / Staff)With the … Continue reading →

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TREPA on fur farm management

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dan Earle

TREPA supports the regulation of the fur farm industry as it relates to the issue of management of waste and runoff into our water systems. The following considerations have been shared with our Ministers of Agriculture and Environment, both of … Continue reading →

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