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P.E.I. Environment, Energy and Forestry Minister Richard Brown (right) meets with two summer employees from the J. Frank Gaudet Tr...The Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) government's land conservation campaign has now passed the halfway mark thanks to the recent allotment of 636.7 hectares of land for protection.
P.E.I. Environment, Energy and Forestry Minister Richard Brown said that this initiative, mandated by the Natural Areas Protection Act, has led to the protection of 7,148 of the 12,750 hectares of land the province plans to preserve.
Together with other designated areas, including P.E.I. National Park, the total amount of protected land to date adds up to 16,679 hectares, or about three per cent of P.E.I.'s land total.
The newly protected areas lie from Basin Head to Bear River to Richmond, and include riparian zones, freshwater ponds, mature tolerant hardwoods and sand dunes.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada assisted the province in designated this land for conservation.
"It is important that government lead by example," said Brown. "We intend to designate more properties under the Natural Areas Protection Act to meet our goal of having seven per cent of the province under protection, and I encourage private landowners to help us meet that goal."
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