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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Nature NB Not Happy With Wetland Stretegy

It's open season on over two-thirds of the wetlands in the province......That, according to Nature NB which is expressing concern about whether more wetlands will be lost because of the new strategy unveiled by Provincial Environment Minister Margaret Ann Blaney. 

Vanessa Roy-McDougall of Nature NB tells CHSJ News wetlands will not be protected if they're not mapped and less than 50 per cent of all the wetlands in the province will be regulated until the boundaries are set.

She argues what Blaney rolled out yesterday, in no way, can be considered a long term strategy.

Besides new boundaries, Blaney wants less red tape and reduce the conflicts that have arisen between development and wetland protection.