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2006

• May 29 - Study recommends saving Eastern Shore Wilderness Area
• May 12 - Province to buy conservation lands from Bowater Mersey
• February 23 - Province releases results of Game Sanctuary review
• January 20 - HRM moves to protect Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes hotspot
• January 15 - Government commits to protect Protected Areas from OHV use

2005

• December 09 - New OHV bill passed
• November 22 - Law Amendments Committee holds public hearings on OHV bill
• November 02 - Coalition presses for stronger OHV laws
• November 01 - NS Government tables OHV bill
• October 13 - Provincial government issues OHV "Action Plan"
• July 28 - Join us for Public Walks on Public Land
• May 18 - NS Government to host public hikes in Protected Areas
• March 24 - Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes profiled in special CBC report
• March 05 - Government announces protection of Gully Lake and Eigg Mountain-James River - Two Green Plan commitments honoured
• January 24 - Wildlife Sanctuaries on the Chopping Block

2004

• December 09 - Five new Nature Reserves established - One Green Plan commitment honoured
• November 12 - Highway 113 proposal neither accepted nor rejected
• October 26 - Public Walks on Public Land 2004 a big success
• October 18 - Highway 113 proposal to divide Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness
• October 08 - Private Members Bill introduced to protect Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes
• September 09 - Join us for Public Hikes on Public Lands
• June 01 - Nictaux Watershed on the chopping block!!!
• April 24 - Public comments requested on Draft Management Plan for the Tobeatic Wilderness Area
• February 03 - New Survey says majority of Nova Scotians want more land protected

2003

• November 23 - World Wildlife Fund endorses NSPLC "Hotspots"
• September 25 - Speech From The Throne commits government to protect Gully Lake and Eigg Mountain-James River
• August 03 - Election campaign yields new commitments for Protected Areas
• July 27 - NS government releases Green Plan, makes new protection commitments
• July 03 - Public Walks on Public Lands
• March 25 - Government study supports Eigg Mountain - James River protection
• February 22 - Environment Minister says more sites to be protected
• January 28 - Call made to complete the Protected Areas Network

2002

• December 12 - Guide to Chebucto Public Lands Available
• November 25 - Update on Tobeatic Wilderness Area Planning Exercise
• November 21 - HRM passes resolution concerning Halifax's Backyard Wilderness
• May 15 - Nova Scotia's protected areas laws given top marks

2001

• July 31 - Natural Resources approves hauling road into Ship Harbour Long Lake wilderness
• March 20 - 100+ scientists urge the Premier to protect more Crown lands

2000

• September 6 - Nova Scotia Public Lands Coalition formed to save public wildlands
• July 13 - Halifax Regional Municipality adds call for a Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Study
• May 19 - Mineral exploration in proposed nature reserve threatens the Shelburne Barrens and the Tobeatic Wilderness Area
• February 02 - "Protect and Preserve the Forests of Nova Scotia": Opinion Survey

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