This website has been set up for you, New Brunswickers, to post your photos and thoughts about clearcutting. Also welcomed are submissions of your scenic snapshots of our Acadian forest.
You may want to photograph yourself in a clearcut holding a sign that says how you feel about clearcutting. Photos, videos and messages can be sent to : forest@conservationcouncil.ca
The Task Force on Forest Diversity and Wood Supply was asked to propose new strategies for managing our public forest that would reduce clearcutting as recommended by the Select Committee on Wood Supply following public hearings.
On January 30, 2009, the government responded to the options for our public forest. The government’s strategy places the Acadian forest of New Brunswick in further peril. Their plan will cut area managed for wildlife by at least half to allow industry to keep cutting at current levels. New Brunswickers have repeatedly told our government they want to change the way forestry is conducted in our public forest to save animal populations decimated by overcutting, to stop the damage to our rivers and lakes, and to diversify our forest-based economy. Scientists say that for forestry to be ecologically sustainable, plantations should not exceed more than 15% of the forest area and the area of old forest should not fall below 40% to avoid local extinctions. The government strategy will increase the plantation area to 28% and slash old forest area to 31%. A number of forest species are already in trouble and the government strategy announced today further jeopardizes their survival in our Acadian forest. Read the Conservation Council’s response to the government strategy.
CUT THE CLEARCUT! is a campaign activity of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Visit our Acadian Forest website for more information about the Acadian forest.
