The Acadian forest has been designated as
one of six forests in North America's that are considered endangered according to the World Wildlife Fund. New Brunswick's forest make up a major part of the Acadian forest region. This campaign is an effort to save New Brunswick's remaining Acadian forest!

Begin by discovering the Acadian forest, find out why it is endangered, then take action to help us save this precious gift. Thank you for visiting our site, please return often and help us spread our message to others.

*URGENT ACTION ALERT: Deciding the Fate of Our Forest! *

The fate of our public forest is being determined right now! Two reports were released on August 27 – one is a menu of seven management options for our public forest and the other is a study done by a bank on global market opportunities for the forestry sector. The provincial government will be making decisions on new rules for how our public forest is managed by the end of this year. They will use these reports, and the comments they receive before *October 3* to make their decisions. The Conservation Council supports the more conservation-oriented options A and B found in the first report. These options add new protected areas and habitat conservation and old growth forest restoration measures while reducing clearcutting and capping plantations. Forest management must consider first and foremost adequate habitat for wildlife, protection for streams and rivers, climate change impacts and forest diversity in terms of age and species.
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*WHAT CAN YOU DO?*
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1. LEARN MORE *

Become familiar with the reports. The reports can be found online at:
English: http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/Promos/Forest/index-e.asp
French: http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/Promos/Forest/index-f.asp

For a quick understanding of the menu of options being proposed, the Conservation Council has put together an every person’s guide and a medal standing for each option. Visit:
http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/files/Publications/Options_Rank_En.pdf

Attend the public information sessions. Five public information sessions are scheduled to give people more information about the two forest reports. All sessions will be held 7-9pm. These sessions are designed to provide information with the authors of the reports in attendance. The government will not be recording comments at these sessions.

Sept. 15 - Saint Leonard, École Grande-Rivière Sept 16 - Dalhousie, L.E. Reinsborough School Sept 17 - Miramichi, James M. Hill Memorial High School Sept. 18 - Sussex Regional High School Sept. 19 - Nackawic Lion's Club
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2. HAVE YOUR SAY! *

Share your views with government on how our forest should be protected for future generations before their deadline for comments - October 3.

Comments can be submitted by email to dnrcomments@gnb.ca or in writing by sending a letter to:
Forestry Task Force Consultation
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB, E3B 5H1

* If you submit comments on-line, please check the box to have your comments made public.
* Please copy the Conservation Council of New Brunswick
(forest@conservationcouncil.ca) when sending in comments.
* For more information, contact Tracy at 506.458.8747 or by email at forest@conservationcouncil.ca