May 28, 2019
The past five days have shown us the extent that the corporations with interests in Cochrane Hill and across the province are willing to go to stop citizens from engaging in not only an education event, but open discourse on mining in our community. This is not a good sign for our community or Nova Scotia in general. SMRA would like to share our primary goals for the NOPE campaign and ask that you share them through your networks: Goals: 1. Stop the proposed Gold mine on Cochrane Hill. 2. No Gold Mining within 8 km corridor of the St Mary’s river water shed. 3. Create an independent committee to review all mining proposals and projects in the province of Nova Scotia. 4. All gold mining companies in NS pay into an environmental disaster fund. Thank you all for your continued support. Please follow the campaign on Facebook at NOPECampaign, and on twitter and Instagram at @NOPE__NS (2 dashes between the E and N). COCHRANE HILL GOLD PROJECT
Click here to go to our new blog regarding the proposed Cochrane Hill Gold Mine. ************************************************ Paddling the St. Mary's in 2019 The 2019 fishing season has begun. I did manage to get out for a paddle around the river in my kayak and threw my fly line a bit. Although the weather was not great and the water was high it was nice to get out. I want to remind everyone about a few things for the 2019 paddling season. Our data logger on the west branch of the river is up and running. The East branch logger has been giving us some difficulty and will be down and out for some time. Note that the water level should be 2.5 feet on the logger for paddlers on a West branch paddling adventure. This will give you plenty of water depth for a great trip. Also we have signage for the West branch this year and you will see the access points go up and pool signs throughout the spring and summer. You can find a great map of the St. Mary’s River on Canoe and Kayak Nova Scotia’s webpage or we have hard copies for sale at our IC building. While you’re on the river it’s a great resource. Stop by our Interpretive Centre and have a look at our Virtual Map located on the side of the building! This is the one with QR codes on it and should be up soon for the season. I hope you all get a chance to get out on the St. Mary’s this year for a paddle. I added a few maps for your reference as well. You can find these and the data logger live streamed info on our web page under recreation and paddlers paradise. Thanks and enjoy - Scott Beaver ************************************************ |
December 2018 - Adult Atlantic salmon broodstock being returned to Nova Scotia's St. Mary's River Dan MacIntosh from CTV News interviews our president, Scott Beaver.
Check out the video from December 20, 2018 |