We applaud Premier Houston for taking the necessary steps to right this wrong and commend the people of Nova Scotia for their unwavering dedication and extraordinary efforts to save this public park.
With your help, we’ve prevented the province from setting a terrible precedent of selling public parklands to private interests, but we still have work to do. The Eastern Shore Seaside Park System remains incomplete and there are still approximately 125 provincial parks, nature reserves, and wilderness areas across Nova Scotia that still aren’t legally protected. In addition to legally protecting each of these sites with an Order in Council, new measures are needed to ensure that no site with proposed or pending protection can ever be secretly delisted.
In the meantime, we hope that the remarkable success of the Save Owls Head movement will inspire you to keep fighting for positive change. We have an opportunity to build on this success and establish a new era for protected areas in Nova Scotia—one in which no pending park can be secretly sold off to private interests; an era in which all of the 100+ pending ‘protected areas’ will soon receive legal protection, as we work our way towards protecting at least 20% of Nova Scotia by 2030.
And as we’ve learned, people power really can change things.
Please enjoy this video from our friends at the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Nova Scotia Chapter)
We are pleased to share this incredible artwork of Owls Head Provincial Park from the talented Molly Wells. The biodiversity of Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is so beautiful. Thank you to CPAWS-NS for supporting this Read more…
The iconic Save Owls Head signs were spotted in ridings all across the province. Concerned citizens were eager to crowdfund the cost of the signs in order to raise awareness and send a clear message Read more…
Protecting precious ecosystems is an issue top of mind for many Nova Scotians. There was public outrage when it came to light that the Liberal government, in 2019, signed a backroom deal to turn Owls Read more…
The Nova Scotia Youth Choir explores protest as art and embraces Indigenous-led social action, including stopping Alton Gas and saving Owls Head Provincial Park. During the making of the film, the singers participated in social Read more…
Staying on would have resulted in heightened accountability for autocratic decisions which occurred under his tenure.
Owls Head to become Nova Scotia’s next provincial park” (June 15 story). Kudos to Natural Resources and Renewables Minister Tory Rushton on this announcement. This magnificent 266-hectare section of the province’s coastline certainly deserves protection Read more…