Acres and Acres - Concert for Conservation

Wednesday, August 25 at 7:30pm
NS Museum of Natural History
$15
proceeds go to the Wilderness Committee of the Ecology Action Centre

A Critical Look At Using Our Forest for Energy

With Jamie Simpson, Forestry Program Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre

EAC position on ATVs and trails

EAC supports strict limits to the recreational use of ATVs and other types of vehicles used “off-highway” to designated trails only as per the recommendations of the Off Highway Vehicles Task Force and the provincial government's Off Highway Vehicles Action Plan. This will amount to a substantial reduction from the "go-everywhere" defacto network of the past.

YOU ARE INVITED TO HELP US CELEBRATE A TERRIFIC ACHIEVEMENT! October 19, 2009

After more than a decade of advocacy and campaigning by EAC and the Eastern Shore Forest Watch, the new, 14,700 hectare Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area has finally been protected. This is a major victory for nature conservation on Nova Scotia. For more information on the area and the history of this campaign, see the cover story in this Sunday’s “The Nova Scotian” in the Chronicle Herald.

BioBlitz

Nova Scotia’s newest wilderness area will be placed under a microscope June 5 and 6 as the 2009 Saint Mary’s University BioBlitz targets the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area.

The 1,350 hectare area was officially designated as Nova Scotia's newest protected wilderness area on April 21. It includes forests and barrens and a system of interconnected lakes, streams, and wetlands. The BioBlitz, a 24-hour taxonomy survey, will provide a baseline biodiversity snapshot of the area. 

Wilderness Links

• Ecology Action Centre's Forestry Program
  
• Ecology Action Centre's Public Lands Campaign

Related Organizations

Atlantic Salmon Federation

Association for Sustainable Forestry
The ASF administers funding for silviculture treatments on woodlots in Nova Scotia.

Phone:
Public Lands:  (902) 442-5008
Forestry Program: (902) 429-1335

Fax: (902) 405-3716

The Wilderness Committee meets on the third Thursday of every month at 6PM.  All are welcome to join us!

Wilderness Issues Committee Publications

• Position Statements
• Forestry
• Biomass
• Fracking

Wilderness Actions

Here are some actions you can take to help our wildlands and forests.

Wilderness Issues Committee Press Releases

EAC Applauds Bowater Land Purchase
-January 9, 2012

EAC calls for new Crown land license agreement for Port Hawkesbury mill
-December 2011