Dear Friends, In case you missed it, here is a link to an excellent article from Saturday’s Herald speaking against current forestry practices in Nova Scotia by Donna Crossland: >Satellites reveal forest loss is more serious in N.S. than the government would have you believe< Donna is a member of the Healthy Forest Coalition. Friends of Nature...
Dear Friends, Last night I attended the public meeting on the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Urban Park. I have never seen so many angry, but well behaved people in one room. The room, designed for 50 had at least 200 people, all mad as heck because the city gave the developers vision for developing...
Dear Friends, The long awaited Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Urban Park behind Bayer’s lake has just received a huge setback. It was proposed 10 years ago that HRM would buy out two large landowners to round out the park boundaries and include Susie’s and Charlie’s Lakes in the park. A recent facilitator’s report has...
Friends of Nature are thrilled that our Province has committed12% of our land as Protected Areas; however, there is a strong lobby from some ATV riders to allow vehicular access in these protected areas. Such access is not currently permitted by law, for good reason. Following is a letter to the editor (Chronicle Herald) which...
It looks like another one of our new-but-not-yet-officially-designated protected Wilderness Areas is under attack and needs your help right now. The DOE would like to protect about 20% of the former Bowater lands down in the Medway River watershed.I have been told that this is a fantastic area for wildlife and all NS flora and...
Dear Friends, The Canadian Government has just given Shell permission to drill for oil off the coast of Nova Scotia — and to let any blowout go uncapped for 21 days. Can you join me in telling the Petroleum Board (who must approve this drilling) to refuse Shell’s application to drill in Nova Scotia? More...
Join us on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day 2014 in one of the most beautiful places in the world (in our humble opinion). Download our Earth Day poster here.
The Ecology Action Centre, Helping Nature Heal and the Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation will be giving a presentation on “living shoreline” approaches to coastal erosion management. Living shoreline projects use vegetation and other natural materials to help protect land from erosion while allowing the shoreline to retain its dynamic nature and habitat features. Please come...
Since 1954, when the organization was formed by Martin Rudy Haase to protect a unique island in Maine, Friends of Nature has been dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for the mutual benefit of people and their plant and animal friends.
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Friends of Nature Conservation Society
Dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for people and their plant & animal friends.
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Chester, Nova Scotia, B0J 1J0