Nature Nova Scotia wrote in to the Public Bills Committee regarding Bills 1 and 6 in March 2025. We remain deeply concerned about the province’s rushed efforts to open treaty lands to fracking, uranium, and lithium mining efforts as well as with the Premier’s strategic villainization of experts and the media and divisive rhetoric in […]
Nature Nova Scota Submission to Public Bills Committee on Bills 1 and 6 Read More »
by NatureNS Executive Director, Becky Parker Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Bears are a hot topic right now in Nova Scotia, in part, because the last few years have seen particularly high numbers of nuisance bear reports and, in another part, because of the recent decision from the province to not go ahead with the proposed
What Do We Know About Nova Scotia’s Black Bear Population? Read More »
In late January, Premier Houston revealed a new intention to re-open long banned natural resource exploitation activities, citing pressures from potential American tariff, and described opposition to such activities as coming only from “special interest” groups. President Bob Bancroft and Executive Director Becky Parker had this to say:
