July 13, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, today provided an update on upgrades at Salmonier Nature Park, the provincial centre for wildlife rehabilitation, environmental education, and research. Budget 2022 allocated $2 million over four years for infrastructure…
July 13, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, today announced a new five-year moose management plan that outlines how wildlife managers will use and publicly share the best scientific and social data available to ensure sustainable moose populations…
July 12, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, will launch the 2022-2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Moose Management Plan and provide an update on infrastructure work underway at Salmonier Nature Park tomorrow (Wednesday, July 13). Minister Bragg will be…
July 7, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, today announced the release of the Limestone Barrens Species at Risk Recovery Plan to guide recovery efforts for species at risk in some of the province’s most unique habitats. The…
July 4, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, is disappointed that the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization division 3Pn4RS Commercial Northern Gulf Cod stock remains in the critical zone, leading to the Federal Government’s decision to close the fishery….
June 30, 2022
The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture would like to acknowledge the 30th anniversary of the cod moratorium. On that well-known day of July 2, 1992, Newfoundland and Labrador was impacted irreversibly. For many, everything changed. The…
June 29, 2022
Successful big game draw applicants are reminded that the deadline to pay fees to ensure receipt of licences in time for the start of the 2022-23 hunting season is tomorrow (Thursday, June 30, 2022). Payments received after June 30 will…
June 24, 2022
The replacement of two forest access road bridges scheduled to take place between Monday, June 27 and Thursday, July 7 in the Bay Roberts and Victoria areas will result in periodic traffic delays from two to four hours at a…
June 14, 2022
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is planning to carry out a spruce budworm control program this summer at various sites in western Newfoundland and on the Northern Peninsula. The program proactively targets rising populations of spruce budworm in…
June 9, 2022
The Provincial Government is announcing a change in status for two species listed under the provincial Endangered Species Act and the additional listing of seven more species. Based on improved information regarding the Red Crossbill percna subspecies and Mackenzie’s Sweetvetch,…
