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- Staff from the Coleson Cove Generating Station actively participate in
the Community Environmental Liaison Committee and the Saint John Air
Quality Working Group.
- All thermal stations offer site tours to the public, as well as providing
information on operations and environmental controls.
- The site adjacent to the Beechwood Generating Station offers an
arboretum where visitors can enjoy native trees, flowers, shrubs, and a
nine-metre flower clock.
- The Milltown site is used by members of the
community for walking, biking, picnics, and sports as well as the annual
New Brunswick Day Lumberjack Competition.
- Staff participated in 2005 Arbour Day by donating and planting
trees around their communities.
- The Grand Lake Generating Station continues to support Minlak, a
community-recycling depot.
- Point Lepreau Generating Station (PLGS) employees play an active role in celebrating
Earth Day with the local school, participate in local environmental
beautification programs for the area, and take part in the Fundy
Fisherman's Day event. They
also participate in various
activities with emergency
responders including fire
departments, RCMP and
Emergency Measures
Organization.
- The Peninsula of
Point Lepreau has been made
accessible to the Saint John
Naturalists' Club Inc. for studying
the migration of the Black Scooter and also to raise awareness of the
importance of the migration of the Black Scooter in the area.
- All PLGS employees act responsibly towards the fishing industry and the
local communities. They donate generous amounts of time and expertise
through community volunteerism, contributing to raising awareness
about environmental protection and safe operation of the plant.
- Over the years, regular patrols
of transmission line have
discovered approximately 330
osprey nests on the
transmission system. Transco
employees routinely trim these
nests to preserve the osprey’s
habitat and prevent contact with
electrical conductors.
- Transco has a Secondary Use Agreement Program in place which
allows landowners to cultivate low growing plant species such as
Christmas trees, ornamental trees and blueberries on lands occupied by
transmission lines. Landowners who participate in the program are
required to maintain the right-of-way of trees which must not exceed a
height of twelve feet. The Agreement allows landowners to make a profit
from the land that would otherwise be unused, while aiding in the
vegetation management process and ensuring the reliability of the line.
- Disco has energy advisors located around the province, conducting
home evaluations through the Home Energy Check Program. Energy
advisors provide expert information to customers on how to use energy
as efficiently as possible. They are trained to discuss heating options,
heating system sizes and provide advice to assist in minimizing energy
consumption.
- Disco employees marked Arbour Day by participating in school events
and making presentations on planting trees away from power lines.
These fun events allow employees to share their vegetation
management expertise with children by answering a variety of
environmental questions.
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