Category Archives: Public Participation

Land review assistance requested

TREPA is in the process of looking at potential sites for additions to the Province’s protected lands stock.  This is to help reach the 12 percent protected areas goal.  The Province has identified “potential” additions and has asked for comment. … Continue reading

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Protected lands comments sought

 A note from a TREPA member reminding us of opportunity to be heard. As you may have heard, the province is attempting to protect 12% of all lands by 2015. Currently, they are looking for folks to participate in the … Continue reading

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TREPA on fur farm management

TREPA supports the regulation of the fur farm industry as it relates to the issue of management of waste and runoff into our water systems. The following considerations have been shared with our Ministers of Agriculture and Environment, both of … Continue reading

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Gov’t seeks more input to coastal strategy development

By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter, Tuesday, November 23 – 4:53 AM Nova Scotia wants more public input before it creates a coastal strategy. The province wants to hear from the public again before creating its coastal strategy. A report on the … Continue reading

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Coastal “What we Heard” report ready

Hi TREPA members and supporters: At last, some positive news!  The “What we Heard Report”, based on last summers’ public consultations, was released on November 22nd, and it is pretty good.  In fact, it is clear that they heard us on the … Continue reading

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