A Government of Strong Environmental Stewardship?
Reporter Katie Hartai of Halifax Today asked a different sort of question than the other reporters at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. Take a listen.
Michael Gorman Interview Residents in Favour of the Golf Course and Gary Burrill
Owls Head golf proposal could bring much needed economic development, supporters claim.
CBC’s Michael Gorman interviews Margaret Stevens, Seldon Keating, and Ronnie McKay, local residents that live near the proposed golf course development at Owls Head Park. Then, Michael Gorman hears from NDP Leader Gary Burrill about the Owls Head Act. We have transcribed some of the questions and answers below. You can listen to the whole interview here.
March 3, 2020
CBC Radio
Information Morning
Seagrass beds off our coast could be some of the world’s heaviest and oldest organisms
CBC Radio
Mainstreet Nova Scotia
February 12, 2020
Not only seagrasses the only type of plants that flower underwater, but they could be the oldest known organisms on our planet. “The value generated by seagrass is among the highest of any habitat in the world,” explains Worm. The ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows (such as nursery habitat, spawning habitat, and carbon sequestration) are so valuable that they are valued “in excess of $20,000 per hectare, per year.”
In terms of Owls Head Park Reserve, Worm says”[w]hen we think about doing something to that protected land it’s not just about the land, it’s also very strongly connected to the underwater habitat nearby” which could be “very harmful for the seagrass that lives there.”
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CBC’s Maritime Noon with Bob Bancroft
On Jan. 24, 2020, two concerned citizens called into CBC’s Maritime Noon (radio program) to discuss the delisting and possible sale of Owls Head Park.
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Ecology Action Centre Reacts to Province Removing Owls Head from Protected Plan
CBC Radio
Information Morning
January 10, 2020
The “globally rare” ecosystem on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore was quietly removed from the provincial government’s protected parks plan. Karen McKendry, Wilderness Outreach Coordinator at Ecology Action Centre, spoke with host Portia Clark. We also heard from Environment Minister Gordon Wilson.
Karen McKendry from the Ecology Action Centre understands that “people are concerned both about the process and the particular piece of Crown land.” Indeed, there has been strong public opposition to the delisting of the property, which was done in a secretive way. Citizens are also concerned that the ecological values of the site aren’t being protected by the provincial government.
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