Nearly two dozen local wilderness areas are set to be added to the province’s protected list.
Premier Iain Rankin announced 61 areas for protection, five in the Quad Counties are currently under consultation:
-Fourchu Coast Wilderness Area (expansion), Richmond County
-Trout Brook Wilderness Area (expansion), Inverness County
-Black Duck Cove Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-Cape Jack Provincial Park, Antigonish County
-Marble Mountain Provincial Park, Inverness County
Rankin says, as well, several other local sites are intended for protection:
-East River St. Marys Nature Reserve, Guysborough County
-Sugar Harbour Islands Nature Reserve, Guysborough County
-Tobacco Island Nature Reserve, Guysborough County
-Andrews Island Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-False Bay Provincial Park, Richmond County
-Hay Cove Provincial Park, Richmond County
-Mahoney Beach Provincial Park, Antigonish County
-Petit-de-Gras Provincial Park, Richmond County
-Point Michaud Beach Provincial Park, Richmond County
-Port Shoreham Beach Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-Tor Bay Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-Ainslie Point Provincial Park, Inverness County
-Cape George Provincial Park, Antigonish County
-Irish Cove Provincial Park, Richmond County
-New Harbour Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-Orangedale Provincial Park, Inverness County
-Pearts Cove Provincial Park, Guysborough County
-Trout Brook Provincial Park, Inverness County
Rankin says the newly named protected areas will help the province get to its 14 per cent protected wilderness goal.
