[BNS_members] Get Involved: SOOF Kings County Campaign

[Dean Whalen]

Caroline will be there on Saturday to assist. What time?

Dean

On Wed., Jun. 21, 2023, 11:54 Caroline Beddoe, <
coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca> wrote:

> Good day,
>
> As you know, we have endorsed the Save Our Old Forests campaign and are
> working to spread the petition and protect forests in our area.
>
> Nova Scotia needs old forests. But there aren't many left.  Our government
> has made a legal commitment to protect 20% of Nova Scotia’s lands and
> waters by 2030. The way things are going, the remaining old forests will
> be logged before they can be protected.
>
> This is why we are asking our premier for a pause on all harvesting and roadbuilding
> in forests over 80 years old on Crown land in Kings County and across Nova
> Scotia until such time as protected areas meeting the 20% target have been
> designated.
>
> More more details on SOOF campaign see here:
> https://www.arlingtonforestprotection.ca/soof
>
> *Get Involved:*
>
> The BNS and the SOOF Kings County group will be at the Wolfville Farmers'
> Market Saturday June 24th from 8:30 - 1:00 pm.
>
> We will have brochures, petitions and more. We will be talking about the
> SOOF campaign across the province and our work on protected areas.
>
> *Would you like to join us? We could use a few more people to come for an
> hour or whatever you can spare to chat with market goers, get petition
> signatures, or help support our other volunteers?* Reply to this email or
> call/text me at 613-619-1098. Thanks!
>
> If you want to stay in the loop regarding this work, even if you cannot
> support this weekend, please email me as well and we will coordinate.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Caroline
>
>
> --
> Caroline Beddoe
> She/her
> 613-619-1098
> Program Coordinator
> Blomidon Naturalists Society
> Wolfville, Nova Scotia
>
> * Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi’kma’ki, the
> traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. We
> acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about their
> histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of
> reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable
> relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other
> organisms, with the land and with the water.*
>
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