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Province to buy conservation lands from Bowater Mersey

May 12, 2006

The Government of Nova Scotia and the Bowater Mersey forestry company today announced a ground-breaking agreement whereby the Province will purchase a large number of important eco-sites from the company for conservation. The two-year deal, worth 26 million dollars, will see the government acquire many new high-conservation-value lands in eight different counties in South Western Nova Scotia. These include rare old-growth forest stands, pocket wilderness areas and endangered species habitat that the company has voluntarily set aside over the years. The government will then designate these special natural areas under permanent legal protection, adding them to the province's Protected Areas Network.

Full details on the location and timing for acquisition of specific sites have yet to be worked out but will follow shortly. The deal in principle is seen as an act of good corporate citizenship on the part of Bowater and is welcomed by conservationists as a positive thing for nature in Nova Scotia.