{"id":132945,"date":"2025-08-09T23:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T23:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132945\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T23:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T23:37:17","slug":"extreme-wildfire-risk-prompts-closure-of-all-crown-land-in-new-brunswick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132945\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme wildfire risk prompts closure of all Crown land in New Brunswick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Extreme wildfire risk has motivated the New Brunswick government to close all Crown land to the public.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As of 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, government officials said extremely dry and dangerous conditions mean that all industrial and recreational activities on Crown land are prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are encouraging private landowners to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in an unprecedented situation and it is getting worse,\u201d Premier Susan Holt told reporters in Fredericton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-blockquote l-article__blockquote\">\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cWe are here to ask all New Brunwickers to get out of the woods and to stay out of the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyone camping on Crown land on Saturday is urged to leave by midnight.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, people are being asked to avoid using private wood lots and wood roads.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'East Coast provinces crack down on wildfire prevention'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GN5_ATLANTIC_WILDFIRE.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:04<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEast Coast provinces crack down on wildfire prevention\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions on Crown land include:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiking, camping, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods is not permitted<\/li>\n<li>Trail systems through woods are off-limits<\/li>\n<li>Camping is allowed only in campgrounds, but the public is being asked to reconsider their plans until the fire risk decreases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Holt said she realizes there are some people who may not like the government\u2019s latest action, but she stressed it\u2019s meant to ensure safety and preserve the province\u2019s forests.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11323725\/salmonella-recall-canada-pistachio-products\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/baklava-food-recall.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada expands recall for pistachio products due to possible salmonella\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11324243\/ccf-nova-scotia-legal-threat-forest-fires-woods-ban\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754782637_846_CP174361094.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGroup threatens N.S. with legal action over \u2018grossly disproportionate\u2019 woods ban\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI know it sucks, but thank you for understanding,\u201d the premier said.<\/p>\n<p>The government said a section of Highway 8 near Miramichi is closed between Route 450 and McHardy Road.<\/p>\n<p>Russelville Road and McHardy Road are also closed and traffic is being diverted towards Neguac.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There are 12 wildfires burning in New Brunswick, as of Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>The current burn ban remains in place for the entire province, including all provincial parks.<\/p>\n<p>A provincewide burn ban is also in effect on Prince Edward Island, while Nova Scotia has imposed a sweeping ban on activities in wooded areas.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, three ongoing fires in Newfoundland have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Two are on the Avalon Peninsula in the Conception Bay North area and to the south near Holyrood. A third fire in central Newfoundland, south of Bishop\u2019s Falls, was reported on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Extreme wildfire risk has motivated the New Brunswick government to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,5025,80533,50,5609],"class_list":{"0":"post-132945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-new-brunswick-wildfires","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-wildfires"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115001441929999706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}