We are one of North America's oldest conservation societies, dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for people and their plant & animal friends.

Our campaigns

Friends of Nature Conservation Society is involved in a number of different conservation campaigns in Nova Scotia.
Forestry

Friends of Nature actively lobbies against destructive forestry methods such as clear-cutting and herbicide spraying. We are also against biomass harvesting.

Herbicide Spraying

Each year, dangerous chemical herbicides are sprayed on Nova Scotia’s forests by government and the forestry industry. These herbicides have been linked to serious human health problems and are detrimental to Nova Scotia’s water supply, wildlife and ecosystem.

Forest Biomass

While the Nova Scotia government’s renewable energy targets are to be commended, reaching this goal through the scraping of our forests to produce forest biomass energy is not acceptable.

Open net fish farming

Open net pen fin-fish farming is a method of growing fish, usually salmon or trout in concentrated fish farms.

Uranium Mining

The Province has passed a bill to repeal the Uranium Exploration and Mining Prohibition Act, which long has forbidden uranium exploration and mining in the province.

Coastal Protection

We call ourselves Atlantic Canada’s Ocean Playground, yet our Government refuses to enact the unanimously passed Coastal Protection Act.

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It can’t happen unless you do it.
Martin Rudy Haase
FON Founder
While there’s life, there’s hope. So if you’re alive, you can’t engage in despair. You have to keep going where you can see hope and where you can do things.
Rudy Haase
FON Founder
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein

Read the latest news

Friends of Nature AGM Report
June 26, 2025
Friends of Nature AGM Report
Friends of Nature had a wonderful AGM on Friday, June 20, 2025. The kick-off was Hank Middleton and Cynthia Myers singing duets to Nature, accompanied by the Studio Singers under the direction of Dawn Harwood Jones. Thank you all! The highlight was Elizabeth May speaking to us in person, between making digital speeches live to...
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2025 AGM with Guest Speaker Elizabeth May
May 21, 2025
2025 AGM with Guest Speaker Elizabeth May
The Friends of Nature Annual General meeting will be held on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 5:00 pm at St Stephens Community Hall, 54 Regent St, Chester. The guest speaker will be Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada. There will be entertainment provided by both Hank Middleton and the Studio Singers; and...
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The New Privateer Film Fest
May 20, 2025
The New Privateer Film Fest
Healthy Bays Network & Protect Liverpool Bay present The New Privateer Film Fest Thursday, June 26 6:30-9:15 pm Astor Theatre, FREE Join us for three films exploring the open-net pen finish aquaculture industry at home and abroad, and how individual actions can create a ripple effect of lasting change in the fight to protect wild...
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February 26, 2020
Toward A People’s Coalition for Justice & Survival
Dear Friends: Our fellow member and ally Silver Donald Cameron wants us to know about an important event in Halifax this Friday: A People’s Coalition, which will be followed by three more peoples’ coalitions.  Also please attend the next public rally against open pen salmon farms which will be held this Sunday, March 1 at 2:00 pm...
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