Outdoor Nova Scotia: "The Best Way to be Informed."

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by Dave Caulfield

December 8th, 1998 Halifax, N.S. -  A coalition representing 55 environmental groups gathered in Halifax this afternoon to give thanks to the provincial government's recent passing of the Endangered Species Act (Bill 65) and the Wilderness Areas Protection Act (Bill 24).

The two bills represent a giant leap in the right direction for
conservationists, which act-- in a nutshell-- as a blueprint to maintain
the province's biodiversity and its natural landscapes for future generations. Bill 65 ensures species at risk in Nova Scotia will be designated as such and protected and Bill 24 will establish more provincial wilderness areas and see to it that they're protected.

Raymond Plourde, a director of the Nova Scotia Salmon Association and one of three speakers at the press conference, said it best: "People don't come to Nova Scotia for our malls; they come for our wilderness."

Several backs received some well-deserved pats as certificates were
presented to a handful of members of all three political parties-- including Minister of Natural Resources Ken MacAskill and Minister of the Environment Don Downe-- for a job well-done. Government and coalition faces alike were aglow, an expression not often shared simultaneously by the two groups historically.

"It's not every day that you get a bunch of environmentalists together with
a whole bunch of government people," said a beaming Colin Stewart,
Endangered Spaces Co-ordinator of the World Wildlife Fund. "We're very pleased to be able to say 'thank you' for a change."

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